Missing Child Alert: Combating Trafficking with Technology
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Photo Credit: Missing Child Alert Project, Dnet
MCA is being implemented in
Bangladesh, India and Nepal in
partnership with Dnet — a social
enterprise that designs innovative
products and service solutions for
women, children and youth in rural
and urban settings.
Dnet designed a blueprint for a
technology-based Missing Child
Alert and Response system in
Bangladesh linked with India
and Nepal which focuses on
the tracking and rescuing of
missing children. It has developed
collaborative tools for all regional
partners, a Uniform Case
Management tool for rescued
victims to enhance coordination
and quality of services provided,
and a knowledge repository on
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the issue of missing children and
counter trafficking.
REPATRIATION INFORMATION
MANAGEMENT SYSTEM (RIMS)
SOLUTION
As MCA’s regional partner, Dnet
has developed a unique web-
based cross border intervention
called Repatriation Information
Management System (RIMS) to
facilitate the responsibilities of
state and non-state actors in the
repatriation process of a victim. It
provides cross border uniformity
in information records and
management, real-time tracking
of cases and auto notifications
on every end data transactions.
It aids to store data over time for
evidence, data analytics to reduce
bottlenecks and coordinated cross
border repatriation management
decisions. It also provides
knowledge and skills to state and
non-state actors in Bangladesh,
India and Nepal for the effective
utilization of RIMS solutions.
Photo: Regional partners of Missing Child Alert Project
This initiative is led by Plan
International and SAIEVAC (South
Asia Initiative to End Violence
against Children) with financial
support from Post Code Loterij of
the Netherlands.
About the Author
Mostafezur Rahaman is a social entrepreneur by passion,
researcher by profession and youth activist in spirit.
Understanding and solving social problems, creating new
knowledge and innovating are things that always drives him
to work in the development research sector. Since 2013, he
has been working as a Facilitator of British Council’s Active
Citizen Program and supported over 300 youths. Currently,
he is pursuing his Master of Science degree in Development
Studies from Lund University with the Swedish Institute Study
Scholarship. Also, he He also has a penchant for fire spinning
and fire breathing.
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