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.
ECLT welcomes the ILO Governing Body’s decision regarding collaboration to address decent work deficits and child labour in tobacco growing, which firmly keeps children and families at the forefront of this complex matter.
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Teachers now enjoy improved working conditions in Mankhamba, Malawi, with a new, secure staff room to store books and have meetings, made possible through ECLT's CLEAR II Project. This supports the village to recruit more teachers to the primary school, which serves over 350 children.
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In October 2018, the first meeting of the ‘Partnership in Action Against Child Labour in Agriculture’ (PAACLA), was held, bringing together relevant national and local stakeholders against child labour. The meeting was hosted by the Indonesian State Ministry of National Development Planning (BAPPENAS) and supported by ECLT and partners.
read moreAccording 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.
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.
CHILDREN
were sent to school and benifited from vocational training
COMMUNITY MEMBERS
were reached through awarness-raising activities
KEY STAKEHOLDERS
were brought together to renew commitments on national action plant to eliminate child labour
FAMILIES
in tobacco-growing communities were financially empowered
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.
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.
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