Category: kinderarbeidvrije zones
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Inspiring End-term meeting ‘Out of Work’
All partners of Stop Child Labour met up in Uganda on 20 March 2017 to evaluate the results of the project ‘Out of Work and into School’. The Dutch coalition discussed the progress of the project with local partners from seven countries.
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Jimmy Nelson exhibition #ONCE in Kampala
What would it mean for children if they were simply allowed to be a child? You only get once chance in life to have a childhood. This is what photographer Jimmy Nelson shows with his impressive and positive images in #ONCE.
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Cooperating with the private sector in Child Labour Free Zones in India
Efforts to reduce and remediate child labour require attention from multiple angles. One key element is the role of the private sector.
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Kishan is going to school!
Kishan is one of the youngest children in his classroom. He is six years old and he has recently started school. His sister Kali (aged 12) is sitting next to him. She used to look after him while working in stone processing as well.
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Two neighbourhoods in Tirupur ‘child labour free’
In Tirupur (India), local NGO SAVE – partner of Stop Child Labour – has declared two neighbourhoods ‘child labour free’.
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SCL Mid Term Review 2016
In 2016 a Mid Term Review was carried out in 4 countries: Mali (February), India (March), Uganda (May) and Zimbabwe (September).
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A teacher’s dedication to bring children back to school
In Mali, teachers union SNEC is training teachers on the concept of child labour, and the creation of child labour free zones.
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Successful National Consultation on Child Labour Free Zones in India
In August, Stop Child Labour organized the National Consultation ‘Stepping Stones for creating Child Labour Free Zones’ in New Delhi, India.
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Annual Report ‘Out of Work and into School’ – year 2
Supported by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands, within this programme we are strengthening and expanding child labour free zones, where possible and relevant with active participation of CSR initiatives and companies.
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“New Indian Child Labour Bill allows many children to work”
ndia has a new law against child labour. Or more precisely: the old Child Labour Act of 1986 was recently amended. On July 19, 2016, the Indian Upper House (Rajya Sabha) approved the amendments.
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Mr. Kibera: the positive deviant
Kibera Godfrey is a local leader (Defence Secretary) in Kasubi Zone 3, in the Ugandan capital Kampala. This area has a very dense population and like urban poor locales, has high levels of insecure housing, poverty, child labour and single parent headed families.
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Zimbabwean volunteers advocate for children’s rights
Setting the tone and keeping the rhythm were the common ingredients that kept this winning team together. Needless also to mention, the innate ability to endure the door-to-door household survey, which has become the corner stone of project.
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Over 43,000 children into school!
In 2012 Stop Child Labour started its project ‘Omar’s Dream – the beginning of the end of child labour’.
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First annual report ‘Out of Work and into School’ project
Stop Child Labour (SCL) started the Out of Work and into School project in May 2014, as part of our broader programme to eliminate and remediate all forms of child labour linked to the right to education for all children.
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A classroom full of children
Imagine a classroom full of children. In the first row sits Monica from Uganda, 17 years old, who once was a street vendor and now is a great debater in senior 3. The number of children who were able to start a new life in school is growing fast.
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Child Labour Free Zones Handbook
To share experiences and inspire others to implement and support the area-based approach towards child labour free zones, the international Stop Child Labour movement has developed a handbook with experiences from around the world.
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A good story and some patience
Just a few years ago, Jacinta Namayanja from Uganda did not know that child labour is a bad thing. Today she is one of the most active committee members in preventing it in her village Kitubulu.
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Bi-Annual report for Omar’s Dream project, March 2015
Hivos was granted with the project, “Omar’s Dream, the beginning of the end of child labour” by the Nationale Postcode Loterij in March 2012 for a period of 3 years