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FY 2010 Programming to Combat Exploitive Child Labor Internationally

COUNTRY

FUNDING LEVEL

PROJECT  FOCUS

IMPLEMENTER

AFRICA

West Africa-ECOWAS (including direct action in Benin and Nigeria)

$5,000,000

Towards Elimination of the Worst Forms of Child Labor (WFCL) in West Africa:  Supporting action to monitor and combat exploitive child labor and the promotion of good practices and sub-regional cooperation through ECOWAS

International Labor Organization's International Program on the Elimination of Child Labor (ILO-IPEC)

West Africa Cocoa Project

$10,000,000

Towards child labor free cocoa growing communities through an integrated area based approach

ILO-IPEC

Angola, Cape Verde, Guinea-Bissau, Mozambique, and Sao Tome and Principe

$500,000

Project to combat the worst forms of child labor in Lusophone African countries through South-South Cooperation and the sharing of good practices from Brazil

ILO-IPEC

Subtotal AFRICA

$15,500,000

 

 

LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN

Bolivia

$6,000,000

Combating the Worst Forms of Child Labor

Desarollo y Autogestión

El Salvador

$10,000,000

Project to combat exploitive child labor in El Salvador through economic empowerment and social inclusion

ILO-IPEC

Subtotal LAC

$16,000,000

 

 

ASIA, MIDDLE EAST, EUROPE AND NORTH AFRICA (ASIA/MENA)

Egypt

$9,500,000

Combating the Worst Forms of Child Labor in Agriculture

World Food Programme

Jordan

$2,000,000

Moving towards a Child Labor-Free Jordan

ILO-IPEC

Jordan

$3,998,881

Combating the Worst Forms of Child Labor

Save the Children Federation, Inc.

Thailand

$9,000,000

Project to combat the WFCL in the Shrimp and  Seafood Processing Sector

ILO-IPEC

Subtotal ASIA/MENA

$24,998,881

 

 

Global/Multi-Region

Global

$3,500,000

Child labor research and support to Understanding Children Work (UCW)

ILO-IPEC and UCW

Subtotal Global

$3,500,000

 

 

GRAND TOTAL

$59,998,881