Our international grants support projects to combat some of the most abusive labor practices, including the use of child labor, forced labor, and human trafficking in global supply chains. ILAB-funded projects also promote trade partners’ compliance with the labor requirements of U.S. trade agreements and preference programs – helping to ensure a fair global playing field for workers in the United States and around the world.
Results
Combating Child Labor in the Coffee Sector09/29/1999 - 09/29/2004 |
International Labor Organization (ILO) |
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Stop Exploitive Labor and Educate Children for Tomorrow (SELECT) Program09/29/2008 - 09/29/2011 |
World Education |
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Eliminating the Worst Forms of Child Labor in West Africa by Strengthening Sub-Regional Cooperation Through ECOWAS09/30/2009 - 04/30/2014 This project seeks to contribute to regional and national initiatives to combat the WFCL in West Africa |
International Labor Organization (ILO) |
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Eliminating the Worst Forms of Child Labor in West Africa and Strengthening Sub-regional Cooperation Through ECOWAS II12/31/2010 - 04/30/2014 This project seeks to contribute to regional and national initiatives to combat the worst forms of child labor (WFCL) in West Africa. |
International Labor Organization (ILO) |
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Educafuturo: Project to Combat Child Labor Among Vulnerable Populations in Ecuador and Panama by Providing Direct Education and Livelihood Services12/27/2012 - 12/31/2018 Project Objectives: To improve educational outcomes for child and adolescents involved in child labor; and improve family income so that households do not need to rely on the work of children for survival. |
Partners of the Americas |
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Proyecto Semilla (Seed Project): Combating Exploitative Rural Child Labor in Peru12/31/2011 - 12/31/2019 |
Desarrollo y Autogestión (DYA) |
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Colombia Avanza12/08/2017 - 10/31/2022 Colombia Avanza is building the capacity of civil society to more effectively combat child labor and other labor abuses in Colombia’s coffee sector. By raising awareness and connecting survivors of labor exploitation to services in two of the largest coffee-producing areas of Colombia, the project helps promote supply chains that are free of exploitative labor and that contribute to a fair playing field for workers in the U.S. and around the world. |
Partners of the Americas |
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Addressing Child Labor and Forced Labor in the Coffee Supply Chain in Honduras12/15/2017 - 12/31/2023 This project helps businesses establish systems to prevent, detect and eliminate child labor and other forms of labor exploitation from their supply chains. It is assembling a powerful coalition of coffee buyers to collectively incentivize compliance among suppliers. In doing so, the project promotes supply chains that are free of exploitative labor and helps to create a fair playing field for workers in the U.S. and around the world. |
International Labor Organization (ILO) |
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Campos de Esperanza (Fields of Hope)11/11/2016 - 07/30/2024 Campos de Esperanza (Fields of Hope) engages the government, the private sector, and civil society to reduce child labor in migrant agricultural communities, particularly in the coffee and sugarcane sectors in Veracruz and Oaxaca. The project links children and youth to existing educational programs and refers vulnerable households to existing government programs to improve income and reduce the need for child labor. |
World Vision |
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Futuros Brillantes: Project to Reduce Child Labor and Improve Labor Rights and Working Conditions in Honduras09/30/2014 - 09/30/2024 |
World Vision |
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Combating Child Labor in the Coffee Sector09/29/1999 - 09/29/2004 |
International Labor Organization (ILO) |
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Stop Exploitive Labor and Educate Children for Tomorrow (SELECT) Program09/29/2008 - 09/29/2011 |
World Education |
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Eliminating the Worst Forms of Child Labor in West Africa by Strengthening Sub-Regional Cooperation Through ECOWAS09/30/2009 - 04/30/2014 This project seeks to contribute to regional and national initiatives to combat the WFCL in West Africa |
International Labor Organization (ILO) |
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Eliminating the Worst Forms of Child Labor in West Africa and Strengthening Sub-regional Cooperation Through ECOWAS II12/31/2010 - 04/30/2014 This project seeks to contribute to regional and national initiatives to combat the worst forms of child labor (WFCL) in West Africa. |
International Labor Organization (ILO) |
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Educafuturo: Project to Combat Child Labor Among Vulnerable Populations in Ecuador and Panama by Providing Direct Education and Livelihood Services12/27/2012 - 12/31/2018 Project Objectives: To improve educational outcomes for child and adolescents involved in child labor; and improve family income so that households do not need to rely on the work of children for survival. |
Partners of the Americas |
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Proyecto Semilla (Seed Project): Combating Exploitative Rural Child Labor in Peru12/31/2011 - 12/31/2019 |
Desarrollo y Autogestión (DYA) |
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Colombia Avanza12/08/2017 - 10/31/2022 Colombia Avanza is building the capacity of civil society to more effectively combat child labor and other labor abuses in Colombia’s coffee sector. By raising awareness and connecting survivors of labor exploitation to services in two of the largest coffee-producing areas of Colombia, the project helps promote supply chains that are free of exploitative labor and that contribute to a fair playing field for workers in the U.S. and around the world. |
Partners of the Americas |
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Addressing Child Labor and Forced Labor in the Coffee Supply Chain in Honduras12/15/2017 - 12/31/2023 This project helps businesses establish systems to prevent, detect and eliminate child labor and other forms of labor exploitation from their supply chains. It is assembling a powerful coalition of coffee buyers to collectively incentivize compliance among suppliers. In doing so, the project promotes supply chains that are free of exploitative labor and helps to create a fair playing field for workers in the U.S. and around the world. |
International Labor Organization (ILO) |
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Campos de Esperanza (Fields of Hope)11/11/2016 - 07/30/2024 Campos de Esperanza (Fields of Hope) engages the government, the private sector, and civil society to reduce child labor in migrant agricultural communities, particularly in the coffee and sugarcane sectors in Veracruz and Oaxaca. The project links children and youth to existing educational programs and refers vulnerable households to existing government programs to improve income and reduce the need for child labor. |
World Vision |
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Futuros Brillantes: Project to Reduce Child Labor and Improve Labor Rights and Working Conditions in Honduras09/30/2014 - 09/30/2024 |
World Vision |
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