Category: Omars Dream

  • Over 43,000 children into school!

    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’.

  • Child Labour Free Zones evaluated

    Child Labour Free Zones evaluated

    Over the last 3 years, Stop Child Labour partners have been implementing the Omar’s Dream project to strengthen and expand child labour free zones in 9 African countries. Child labour free zones (CLFZ) are geographical areas where all children are systematically being withdrawn from labour and (re)integrated into formal, full-time schools. In Uganda, Kenya, Ethiopia,…

  • A classroom full of children

    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.