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Project Karma’s response in consultation with local communities, local law enforcement, governments and welfare agencies is the development of the “Sentinel Model Project”.
Working in partnership with local non-profit organisations, government departments, local law enforcement and community groups, the Project Karma Sentinel Model focuses on delivering a locally sustainable model that is designed to fight these crimes at the root causes. Key strategies include building dedicated local investigation teams and intelligence networks and providing awareness and education programs in schools and across all community levels on the dangers of these crimes. The safe rescue and rehabilitation of all child victims is also paramount.
After significant on the ground research and consultation, Project Karma has identified several regions to implement the 5-year Sentinel Model Pilot Project including: Bali and Lombok (Indonesia), Cebu (Philippines), Bangkok, Pattaya and other regions of Thailand. Following a review of these pilot projects Project Karma will expand the model to: India, Nepal, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Cambodia, Vietnam and Laos.
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To rescue and rehabilitate all children from sexual slavery and abuse by working with local community leaders to prevent child sexual abuse occurring, through raised community awareness, local investigation teams and a clear, accepted, and fit-for-purpose rehabilitation process that puts the needs of the child first.
This replicable model of action was developed over 2 years with effectiveness, sustainability, cultural adaptability and community relevance as key priorities.
Increased community awareness indicated by an increase in reporting of these crimes to police
Whilst these initial projects focus on some of the world’s worst areas of child sex exploitation and trafficking, the Project Karma Sentinel Model is a viable model for preventative action and management of these issues in society across all communities, around the world.
Project Karma has been lobbying for a national managed, publicly accessible child sex offender register for the past 3 years. In January, 2019 Home Affairs Minister, Hon. Peter Dutton MP announced the Australian Federal Government’s intention to implement such a register system in Australia and allocated over AUD $7,000,000 to establish a national centre to manage child sexual exploitation crimes and to establish such a register.
In February, 2019 founder, Glen Hulley presented oral evidence to the UK Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse (UK IICSA) via video link from Bali, Indonesia. He was requested directly by the Inquiry Panel to provide expert evidence and first hand experience regarding investigations of UK transnational child sex offenders, provided case studies and recommendations to the panel regarding better legislation, policies and procedures in the UK to protect children in vulnerable countries (particularly in SE Asia) from harm by UK foreign national offenders.
In June 2019 Project Karma was inducted into the Facebook Trusted Partner Program, comprising of select international NGO’s identified by Facebook as specialists in the field of child protection to provide advice, consultation and a dedicated back end reporting channel for child exploitation content identified on any Facebook-owned platforms.
In August, 2019 Project Karma was the only NGO in Australia invited to attend the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) Asia Pacific Forum – Child Sexual Exploitation Round Table Discussion at Bond University in Queensland, Australia, where founder, Glen Hulley presented Sentinel Model Project results and recommendations to heads of departments from the following international law enforcement agencies, Malaysia, Indonesia, India, Myanmar, Cambodia, Philippines, Thailand, Vietnam, Australian Federal Police, US Homeland Security, National Centre for Missing and Exploited Children and Interpol.
In October, 2015 founder, Glen Hulley met with Australian journalist and well known child protection advocate, Derryn Hinch in Melbourne. The story regarding their meeting can be found here. Hinch soon went on to become an Australian Federal Senator where he wasted no time in lobbying the Australian Federal Government to create legislation to prevent registered child sex offenders from being able to leave Australia. His party was successful and in May, 2017 the Australian Federal Government passed new legislation that now prohibits all Australian registered child sex offenders from overseas travel.
Project Karma is currently raising awareness for government and public recognition of paedophilia as a disorder that cannot be rehabilitated and the advocating for action to prevent paedophiles progressing to child sex offenders and harming children.
Project Karma is currently lobbying a number of State and Territory Government MP’s to work with the Federal Government in order to repeal current State based sex offender registers and adopt this new system proposed by Minister Dutton.
Project Karma has been involved in the rescue or intervention of over 200 children suffering sexual abuse and exploitation between 2015-2019 in four countries to date. Children are placed on a case to case basis depending on that country’s allocation processes. Project Karma is working with government bodies to review current allocation systems and establish an adaptable Integrated Services Model to provide a crisis assessment centre and aftercare program where needed as part of the Sentinel Model Project involving experts in child psychology and welfare. This concept is currently in planning with Government agencies as a trial project in Bali, Indonesia.*
Project Karma currently has 4 official ‘Friends of Project Karma’ support groups:
Project Karma has recently delivered the following presentations and lectures:
