INTRODUCTION
The efforts of Uromi Justice Development Peace and Caritas Initiatives (Uromi JDPCI) in promoting good governance through community engagement, creating awareness on the dangers of human trafficking and irregular migration as well as ensure meaningful living for the people of Esan Land continued to yield successes in the various intervention conducted in this quarter. In the good governance desk, Uromi JDPCI conducted five quarterly meetings across the five Local Government Areas in Edo Central Senatorial District. The plans of the various groups to participate in the forth coming election took the center stage of discussion with members suggesting diverse ways of preventing vote buying and money politics. Uromi JDPCI also conveyed a senatorial eminent stakeholder’s forum which was attended by traditional rulers and political representatives across Esan land Uromi JDPCI also conducted advocacies visits and awareness creation to communities, schools, churches and government institutions with the aim to sensitize them on the ills of human trafficking and irregular migration. As a way of creating alternative for households in the prevention of human trafficking Uromi JDPCI empowered 75 students and 75 caregivers with five thousand for school materials and eighty five thousand naira grant for business respectively. The micro credit desk also attracted a lot of clients most of whom signified interest in the Agricultural empowerment. The petty traders were also empowered to sustain their businesses and improve their livelihood. With Micro credit support to rural and semi urban farmers as well as petty traders, Uromi JDPCI is creating livelihood opportunity and promoting economic empowerment. Uromi JDPCI was also at the prison to celebrate the Christmas season with the inmates as well as collaborated with other persons to do the same.