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.
Education is a key part of getting children out of child labour, but it also reduces poverty, increases health, promotes peace and leads to more political participation. Originally published in the ITGA Courier
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What has been the impact of our work on the ground? In 2018, ECLT set out to better understand what has changed in the lives of our beneficiaries from their perspectives. To do so, we used a Social Return on Investment methodology.
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In the past 3 years, ECLT has supported over 26,000 children and 15,000 adults access schools, learn about child labour and safe agricultural practices, earn and save money, and improve nutrition in Malawi. Read our article to learn more about the fight against child labour in Malawi.
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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