Aid Connect: Ending the Worst Forms of Child Labour (DRC - Phase 2)

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This programme, launched in October 2019, will enable boys and girls to enjoy their rights to be protected from the worst forms of child labour in the Central African Republic (CAR), the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and Ethiopia. It will specifically focus on those forcibly recruited into armed conflict, used in prostitution, forced labour or hazardous work in fragile contexts. Over 24,200 people will benefit directly, of which 14,547 are children including 7126 boys and 7412 girls. Over 400,000 people will benefit indirectly and through reach of the awareness raising, legal and media components although the potential is much greater than this number. The programme will test and measure innovative approaches (VoiceMore, Positive parenting, School gardens) to understand what works in reducing the Worst Forms of Child Labour (WFCL), in fragile contexts. It is the first of its kind to bring together a consortium of international NGOs (World Vision, WCUK) and local partners, private sector (UN Global Compact, Fifty Eight), a well renown University (Columbia University), a corporate foundation and media development agency (Thomson Reuters Foundation) to tackle the supply and demand issues which result in child labour in fragile states. Studies to date on child labour have not focused explicitly on the Worst Forms of Child Labour. The programme will bring new evidence to the sector while testing the assumptions in the theory of change and the necessary combination of activities to effect change.

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