Program Priorities.
1) Advocacy on the rights of migrants; children’s rights; labor rights.
This will take NCCM into conducting trainings and workshops on these rights’ issues and into media campaigns, using social media and internet services.
2) Awareness raising around migrant workers and their issues.
This work will aim to be relevant and contemporary, taking into account the signs of the times.
3) Human trafficking with a focus on those most vulnerable – women and children.
This will involve NCCM both in participating in trainings and offering trainings in anti-human trafficking processes and protocols. Efforts will be undertaken in reintegration for victims of human trafficking and funding of livelihood projects in vulnerable communities.
4) Accessing services and the rights of migrants and prisoners in seeking such access.
NCCM will work with local government authorities on furthering access to services for our target population of migrants and prisoners. NCCM focus for action will include conducting trainings and providing counselling and pastoral care for the target population. Partnering with human rights and community advocates will be pursued to best further this work.
5) Networking.
NCCM will further its networking in migrant and labor rights fields within Church and with NGOs, GOs and CBOs. AEC (ASEAN Economic Community) begins on 31st December 2015 and NCCM will begin its networking with and within this new regional instrument.
6) Vocational training.
MCCM will focus on skill training, job placement and training, promotion its services and its clientele within the labor market.
7) Community empowerment.
NCCM will continue building up its community volunteer base and the migrant worker community itself for the sake of both effectiveness and sustainability in its work. This is about empowering the migrant community base so that migrants can build up solidarity and act more for themselves. In its efforts, NCCM will be mindful of the rights of volunteers and work with them in ways that respect their integrity and dignity.
8) Health.
NCCM’s focus population is migrant workers and their children. NCCM’s work focus will be trainings, counselling and health care access for the population. In its work on health, NCCM is ever mindful of the following populations and health needs:
-PLWAs; sexual and reproductive health; personal hygiene and nutrition; child and adolescent health; mental health.
9) Education.
NCCM’s focus population is adult migrant workers and their children, NCCM work focus will be offering adult education, teacher training and supporting migrant learning centres. This will be achieved through partnerships in the community aimed at offering education to the target population. A successful model has been the mobile education unit.
In all its work, NCCM aims to maintain a focus on its target population and its work to help this population.