Child Labour & Social Protection
Protecting children from exploitation through community engagement, advocacy, and direct intervention programs across Uganda.
Impact
Our program on stopping child exploitation through Education, Skills development and Livelihoods addresses child exploitation and abuse in its different forms encompassing children in armed conflict, domestic work, children engaged in urban informal sector, commercial agriculture, and victims of trafficking amongst others.
What We Do
- Withdraw, rehabilitate, and reintegrate children into school both primary and secondary.
- Enrol children in vocational training and community-based apprenticeship programs, internships, and industrial training.
- Provide business start-up kits, entrepreneurship training, and livelihood support for vulnerable households.
- Strengthen Village Savings and Loan Associations (VSLAs) and support income-generating activities for vulnerable households.
- Conduct public awareness and mind-set-change campaigns to prevent child exploitation.
- Advocate for legal and policy reforms and enactment at the local and national level.
- Promote business and human rights compliance to protection from exploitation.
- Provide legal aid services to exploited, abused and violated children as well as their households.
Key Features
Community mobilization and awareness campaigns
Withdrawal and rehabilitation of child labourers
Support for education access and school re-enrollment
Strengthening community child protection structures
District Child Labour Committee formation
Gold mining and domestic work sector focus
Family economic empowerment initiatives
Child rights monitoring and reporting systems
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How It Works
Identification
Community paralegals identify children in hazardous labour through door-to-door visits and community mapping.
Withdrawal
Working with families and employers to safely withdraw children from exploitative work conditions.
Rehabilitation
Providing psychosocial support, education materials, and school placement for rescued children.
Prevention
Strengthening community structures and family livelihoods to prevent re-entry into child labour.
Other Services
Need Our Help?
If you or someone you know needs legal aid, workers' rights advice, or support with labour issues, reach out to our team. All services are free for vulnerable workers.