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La Máquina Model: giving youth a boost toward decent work
In western Guatemala, a new model for education and job training is opening doors for young people in tobacco-growing communities. Originally printed in the ITGA Tobacco Courier.
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A better life for children
About us
Making sure that children can go to school in a safe and pleasant environment is important to prevent child labour.
ECLT works with parents in rural communties where tobacco is grown to help them better understand the dangers of child labour.
Through research and training, ECLT encourages good practices for safer farm communities.
ECLT supports the right of every child to be free of child labour.
ECLT advocates to keep child labour issues high on national and international agendas.
The ECLT Foundation is committed to collaborative solutions for children and their families that combat the root causes of child labour in tobacco-growing communities.
We advocate for strong policies, share best practices to multiply our impact, and engage rural families so they can benefit from farming while ensuring that their children are healthy, educated, safe from exploitation, and encouraged to reach their full potential.
Child Labour Newsroom
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ECLT Executive Director Rejects “Front Group” Assertions
“The stakes for children, our sole beneficiaries, their families and their communities are dangerously high,” said Hammond, ECLT Executive Director. “Individuals who have never worked or spent significant time in rural communities facing child labour issues do not take the realities faced by children living in poverty into consideration.”
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Safe and healthy work on farms
These young people have the right to work in conditions that are safe and healthy. The ECLT Foundation promotes decent work in rural communities where tobacco is grown through close cooperation with farmers, labour inspectors and community leaders.
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152 Million Children still in Child Labour
According to the latest International Labour Organization (ILO) estimates, there are still 152 million children involved in child labour.
Seventy one percent of them, or 108 million children, are working in the agricultural sector, including tobacco growing. This work is often hazardous.
See our impact
Since 2000, the ECLT Foundation has reached over 650,000 children and their families in farming communities around the world.
Our impact is sustainable because we mobilise everyone involved: governments, employers, unions, international organisations, companies, communities, and children themselves, for systemic change.
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44k
CHILDREN
were sent to school and benifited from vocational training
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455k
COMMUNITY MEMBERS
were reached through awarness-raising activities
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400+
KEY STAKEHOLDERS
were brought together to renew commitments on national action plant to eliminate child labour
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40k
FAMILIES
in tobacco-growing communities were financially empowered
A Global Leader
Against Child Labour
The Eliminating Child Labour in Tobacco Growing (ECLT) Foundation is committed to pursuing collaborative solutions for children and their families to combat the root causes of child labour in agricultural communities.
We advocate for strong government and private sector policies to keep children out of labour and promote decent work. Our impact is multiplied through research, field testing and the sharing of good practices.
About us
Founded in Switzerland in 2000, the ECLT Foundation works to promote the full realisation of the rights of children and their families in agricultural communities, as defined by international human rights frameworks.
As a member of the UN Global Compact, Alliance 8.7 and a holder of United Nations ECOSOC special consultative status, ECLT works locally, nationally and internationally to advance the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, especially SDG target 8.7.
