Microsoft helps victims of human trafficking in the Philippines

Microsoft Philippines has given 10 million Pesos (US$190,000) to an non profit organisation Visayan Forum  which will provide access to technology training to victims of human trafficking and those vulnerable to being trafficked in Manila, Batangas City, and Davao City. It is estimated that 10,000 survivors and potential victims will benefit from this program which will be called Stop Trafficking and Exploitation of People through Unlimited Potential. Unlimited Potential is the program that Microsoft Philippines uses to give money to help the development of under priviledged communities in the country. Despite passing an anti-trafficking law in 2003, the Philippines still has a major trafficking problem and it is only by removing the root causes of poverty that the situation will begin to change. This program will be a major step forward if the trainees are able to find work with their new qualifications.