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
Livelihoods, Education and Protection to End Child Labor in Uganda (L.E.A.P.)09/29/2007 - 09/29/2011 |
International Rescue Committee |
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Promising Futures: Reducing Child Labor in Jordan Through Education and Sustainable Livelihoods12/30/2010 - 12/30/2014 Reduce the number of children who work and at risk of becoming engaged in exploitive child labor in Jordan and enhance family livelihood opportunities to address its root causes |
Save the Children |
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ÑAUPAQMAN PURIY KEREIMBA: Combating Exploitive Child Labor Through Education in Bolivia12/30/2010 - 02/28/2015 Development Objective: To reduce the number of children working in exploitive conditions in Bolivia by increasing their enrollment in educational activities, reducing their hours of work or removing them from exploitive work, assisting families with increased livelihood opportunities, and promoting economic empowerment among communities. The project will develop its strategies in conjunction with indigenous organizations and work within the framework of indigenous cultural values, organizational structure and language. |
Desarrollo y Autogestión (DYA) |
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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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Combating Worst Forms of Child Labor Through Education and Livelihood Interventions in Egypt12/31/2010 - 12/31/2014 Project Objectives: To combat child labor, with special attention to the worst forms of child labor in agriculture, through improved child labor policy and legislation, and the promotion of educational opportunities for children and sustainable livelihoods for vulnerable households |
United Nations World Food Program (WFP) |
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Towards Child Labor Free Cocoa Growing Communities12/31/2010 - 03/31/2015 This project seeks to contribute to national initiatives to combat the WFCL in cocoa producing areas in Ghana and Cote d’Ivoire. |
International Labor Organization (ILO) |
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Ethiopians Fighting Against Child Exploitation (E-FACE)12/01/2011 - 11/30/2015 |
World Vision |
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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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Consolidating and Disseminating Efforts to Combat Forced Labor in Brazil and Peru12/26/2012 - 12/31/2018 Vulnerable populations in rural and urban areas are victims of forced labor in Brazil and Peru. They endure abusive working conditions, debt bondage, deception, intimidation and threats, and restriction of movement, among other unlawful labor practices. Some victims of forced labor have been rescued from forced-labor conditions within agricultural supply chains or manufacturing businesses with domestic and global reach. |
International Labor Organization (ILO) |
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WEKEZA: Wezesha Ustawi, Endeleza Kiwango cha Elimu Kuzia Ajira kwa Watoto/ INVEST: Supporting Livelihoods and Developing Quality Education to Stop Child Labor12/27/2012 - 03/31/2017 The project will support local efforts to reduce child labor in Tanzania through an area-based approach in the regions of Tanga and Kigoma, where there is a prevalence of child labor in agriculture production and domestic service. |
International Rescue Committee |
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Livelihoods, Education and Protection to End Child Labor in Uganda (L.E.A.P.)09/29/2007 - 09/29/2011 |
International Rescue Committee |
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Promising Futures: Reducing Child Labor in Jordan Through Education and Sustainable Livelihoods12/30/2010 - 12/30/2014 Reduce the number of children who work and at risk of becoming engaged in exploitive child labor in Jordan and enhance family livelihood opportunities to address its root causes |
Save the Children |
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ÑAUPAQMAN PURIY KEREIMBA: Combating Exploitive Child Labor Through Education in Bolivia12/30/2010 - 02/28/2015 Development Objective: To reduce the number of children working in exploitive conditions in Bolivia by increasing their enrollment in educational activities, reducing their hours of work or removing them from exploitive work, assisting families with increased livelihood opportunities, and promoting economic empowerment among communities. The project will develop its strategies in conjunction with indigenous organizations and work within the framework of indigenous cultural values, organizational structure and language. |
Desarrollo y Autogestión (DYA) |
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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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Combating Worst Forms of Child Labor Through Education and Livelihood Interventions in Egypt12/31/2010 - 12/31/2014 Project Objectives: To combat child labor, with special attention to the worst forms of child labor in agriculture, through improved child labor policy and legislation, and the promotion of educational opportunities for children and sustainable livelihoods for vulnerable households |
United Nations World Food Program (WFP) |
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Towards Child Labor Free Cocoa Growing Communities12/31/2010 - 03/31/2015 This project seeks to contribute to national initiatives to combat the WFCL in cocoa producing areas in Ghana and Cote d’Ivoire. |
International Labor Organization (ILO) |
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Ethiopians Fighting Against Child Exploitation (E-FACE)12/01/2011 - 11/30/2015 |
World Vision |
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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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Consolidating and Disseminating Efforts to Combat Forced Labor in Brazil and Peru12/26/2012 - 12/31/2018 Vulnerable populations in rural and urban areas are victims of forced labor in Brazil and Peru. They endure abusive working conditions, debt bondage, deception, intimidation and threats, and restriction of movement, among other unlawful labor practices. Some victims of forced labor have been rescued from forced-labor conditions within agricultural supply chains or manufacturing businesses with domestic and global reach. |
International Labor Organization (ILO) |
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WEKEZA: Wezesha Ustawi, Endeleza Kiwango cha Elimu Kuzia Ajira kwa Watoto/ INVEST: Supporting Livelihoods and Developing Quality Education to Stop Child Labor12/27/2012 - 03/31/2017 The project will support local efforts to reduce child labor in Tanzania through an area-based approach in the regions of Tanga and Kigoma, where there is a prevalence of child labor in agriculture production and domestic service. |
International Rescue Committee |
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