Outreach

COFS' outreach programs work to identify victims of organ trafficking/commercial living donors (CLDs), assess their consequences and arrange long-term support services via a coalition of civil-society partners. COFS aims to provide:

clinical follow-up services

health education on living with a single kidney

counseling and peer support

income generation/employment assistance referral to legal services

Advocacy

COFS' advocacy work includes:

acting as a direct victim advocate toaddress victims' consequences of organ trafficking and

carrying out prevention initiatives that range from enhancing protection measures at a policy-level, within transplant centers' and with target groups of potential victims.

Awareness

COFS works to create target-group and public awareness about organ trafficking. We do this by:

reaching out totarget-groups with information about the organ trade - its operations and consequences

publishing our findings

engaging the media to cover organ trafficking stories and

producing multi-media materials such as the documentary film Organs SOS

Research

COFS collects data about the organ trafficking experience with the objective of ending the organ trade and advancing protection for its targets. Research enables us to assess the effects of organ trafficking and recognize patterns for targeted targeting vulnerable individuals and groups (i.e. refugees, children). Such information informs our advocacy and enables us to publish our findings in the academic literature for broader advocacy considerations.