Comfort Monayonnoh Gray is an entrepreneur, humanitarian, and founder/executive director of Women and Children's Shelter, a local nonprofit in Liberia. She has a BA in Sociology and an MA in Conflict Transformation and Peace Studies. Comfort organizes trainings that help community members build up their life skills.

IVLP Impact Award Project: Drawing People's Attention to Issues Surrounding Trafficking in Persons

The project raised awareness about the dangers associated with human-trafficking in Bong County and Montserrado County, Liberia. Through a series of 12 meetings, more than 450 participants learned the importance of tracing human trafficking instances and how develop a contact tracing mechanism to trace children who may have been exposed to human trafficking. The meeting information was shared with more than 1,000 people via radio and television.  Fifteen community ambassadors were trained in each county to monitor child movement and human trafficking. The ambassadors are expected to work with local leaders to report human trafficking and identify community structures that can be improved to safeguard community members. 

Explore Comfort's insights on her IVLP Impact Award project and IVLP experience in this in-depth article, highlighting the power of global collaboration and cultural exchange: IVLP Impact Awards Perspectives: Building Stronger Communities: Combatting Human Trafficking through Collaborative Efforts, Part I | Meridian International Center

"The project hopes to clearly make known TIP policies and law." - Comfort Monayonnoh Gray

IVLP Exchange Experience 

Comfort participated in the IVLP Project Combating Trafficking in Persons organized by the U.S. Department of State and Meridian International Center in partnership with Global Minnesota and Georgia Council for International Visitors.

Comfort's exchange experience led to the development of her IVLP Impact Award Project: "I saw the people of the United States combating Human Trafficking as a national problem. The project intends to bring that same expert approach to the people of Liberia."

U.S. Communities Visited

Washington, DC; Atlanta, GA; Minneapolis, MN

Country: Liberia

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