--- title: "Romania" url: https://wearenotforsale.org/projects/romania/ publisher: "Not For Sale" --- Europe · Where we work # Romania How Not For Sale works alongside communities in Romania to address root causes and build lasting change. [Support an active project](https://wearenotforsale.org/projects/) Romania · People ## Survivor Support and Prevention (Past Program) Not For Sale’s [people](https://wearenotforsale.org/learn/what-is-human-trafficking/) work in Romania ran from the early 2000s until 2019, awareness campaigns, prevention camps, and direct survivor support in one of Europe’s most active [trafficking](https://wearenotforsale.org/learn/what-is-human-trafficking/) source countries. By the numbers 5,220 People supported 2007–2019 ### What We Found Romania sits at a crossroads of human trafficking routes within Europe. Traffickers exploit poverty in rural communities to recruit young people, particularly women and girls, with false promises of legitimate work in Western Europe. Children in state care and unaccompanied youth are especially vulnerable, and trafficking for both sexual exploitation and forced labor is well-documented. ### What We Built Not For Sale Romania ran survivor support and prevention programs reaching 5,220 people through awareness campaigns, prevention camps for children and young adults, and direct support for survivors. The program wound down in 2019 as the local team transitioned operations to government-funded partners and civil society organizations. [Support an active project](https://wearenotforsale.org/projects/) #### At a glance Region Europe Focus Aftercare, Vocational training, Advocacy Since 2013 [All projects](https://wearenotforsale.org/projects/) #### From the news [What Is an Example of Ecocide? How Real Cases Test the Definition Ecocide](https://wearenotforsale.org/ecocide/example-of-ecocide/) [Preventing Modern Slavery and Human Trafficking of Children and Young People Human Trafficking](https://wearenotforsale.org/human-trafficking/preventing-child-trafficking-modern-slavery/) [Fast Fashion: The Human and Environmental Price of Cheap Clothing Human Trafficking](https://wearenotforsale.org/human-trafficking/fast-fashion-human-environmental-cost/) [What Are the 5 Ps of Human Trafficking? Human Trafficking](https://wearenotforsale.org/human-trafficking/5-ps-human-trafficking/) [All news →](https://wearenotforsale.org/news/) ## More projects in Europe [View all](https://wearenotforsale.org/projects/) Past Europe [Bulgaria](https://wearenotforsale.org/projects/bulgaria/) View project → Active Europe [Italy](https://wearenotforsale.org/projects/italy/) View project → Active Europe [Netherlands](https://wearenotforsale.org/projects/netherlands/) View project → Past Europe [Sweden](https://wearenotforsale.org/projects/sweden/) View project → Active Europe [United Kingdom](https://wearenotforsale.org/projects/united-kingdom/) View project → ## Help us build freedom, one community at a time. [Donate](https://wearenotforsale.org/projects/romania/?campaign=770665) [Explore all projects](https://wearenotforsale.org/projects/)