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Technical Cooperation Project Summary

Project Title

Enable Program: Enabling Aceh to Combat Exploitation through Education (Enable/Aceh)

Region/Country

ASIA/Indonesia

Project Duration

September 30, 2005 –May 31, 2010

Fiscal Year & Funding Level

FY2005: USD 2,500,000  
Matching Funds: USD 1,079,256

Problem to be Addressed

As a result of the December 2004 earthquake and tsunami, over 100,000 Indonesians died and over 400,000 were displaced.  In addition, the Indonesian government reports that in Aceh province, 28 percent of schools were destroyed, large numbers of textbooks and equipment were ruined, and some 3,000 teachers were directly impacted by the loss of their homes. In the post-tsunami environment where thousands of children were left orphaned, and schools, communities, and livelihoods were destroyed, children are more vulnerable to exploitation, trafficking and abuse.  Children who are out of school are a likely source of income for families struggling to recover from the economic burden of the disaster and are at risk of entering into exploitative situations.

Targets

The project targets 10,530 children for prevention from work in construction, fisheries, domestic labor, and agriculture.

There are seven target districts in Aceh province where ENABLE/Aceh activities will be carried out: Banda Aceh, Aceh Besar, Sabang, Pidie, Bireun, Lhokseumawe, and North Aceh.

Project Objectives

Goal: To reduce the number of youth in and at risk of entering hazardous and exploitative labor in the post-emergency Aceh environment.

Objectives:

  • Expand and improve non-formal education (NFE) facilities;
  • NFE providers offer appropriate and attractive programs in communities where children are at risk of hazardous and exploitive child labor;
  • NFE providers deliver quality children’s education and training;
  • Raise awareness of the negative effects of hazardous and exploitive child labor; and
  • Strengthen government capacity to meet the education needs of children at risk of engaging in hazardous and exploitive labor.

Summary of Activities

Within the seven target districts the project will:

  • Re-build four community learning centers (CLCs ) that were damaged during the tsunami;
  • Provide technical support and training to 30 CLCs to enable staff to mobilize community and private sector resources;
  • Provide support to 30 CLC tutors and administrators, facilitate community participation in CLC management; and develop private-public partnerships to reach the most vulnerable youth;
  • Provide direct education assistance to at-risk children in junior secondary school to prevent them from dropping out and entering exploitive child labor;
  • Provide parents of child beneficiaries with livelihood support activities;
  • Raise public awareness about the negative effects of hazardous child labor and the heightened vulnerability of children and youth to exploitive situations due to natural disasters and emergency situations (through advocacy videos, community discussions with youth and parents, and support of youth clubs for school and out-of-school youth); and
  • Strengthen district government capacity to meet the education needs of children and youth in and at risk of engaging in hazardous labor or other exploitive situations.
  • As of February 28, 2009, 2,392 children have been withdrawn or prevented from exploitive child labor as a result of this project.

Grantee

Save the Children Federation, Inc.

Contact Information

Office of Child Labor, Forced Labor, and Human Trafficking (OCFT)

(202) 693-4843