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| Project Name: | Combating Exploitative Child Labor through Education in Central America |
| Project Description: |
| Combating Exploitive Child Labor through Education in Central America (Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras and Nicaragua) and the Dominican Republic is a project aimed at improving access to quality education as a means to combat exploitive child labor in the Central America and the Dominican Republic. The project is expected to design and implement creative and innovative approaches to: provide educational opportunities (enrollment) for children engaged in, at risk of, and/or removed from labor, particularly the worst forms; encourage retention in, and completion of educational programs, and expand the successful transition of children in non-formal education into formal schools or vocational plans. It is targeted at children aged 6 to 15 mostly in rural and peri-urban areas (there are at least 26,000 children in the unconditional worst forms of labor; indirectly, beneficiaries include children who have abandoned schooling prematurely, and those currently enrolled in school to prevent them from leaving school before completion of the educacion cycle. It will focus on four specific types of actions: 1)Raising awareness of the importance of education and the dangers of child labor (at the international, national and local levels); 2) Strengthening of institutions and policies that address education and child labor (special attention will be given to National Child Labor Commissions, and importance to public and private sector, NGO and local institutions) and 3) Support to improve formal and transitional educational systems to reintegrate working children, and reduce dropout, including demonstration program initiatives and exchange of knowledge and experience among key actors. The project is undertaken under a Cooperative Agreement between CARE USA and the US Department of Labor, and it has as partners: Catholic Relieve Services (CRS) and Dev Tech Systems, Inc. Collaborative work will be developed with major regional organizations such us PREAL, OEI and CECC. |
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