ILAB in the Sub-Saharan Africa
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Projects
Title | Amount | Location | Grantee | Start Sort ascending | End |
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CAPSA - Capacity Strengthening of Governments to Address Child Labor and/or Forced Labor, and Violations of Acceptable Conditions of Work in Sub-Saharan Africa.The CAPSA project seeks to build the capacity of the government of Kenya and other African governments to more effectively combat child labor, forced labor, and violations of acceptable conditions of work by helping them strengthen enforcement of their laws and regulations, improve assistance services for victims, and improve coordination between law enforcement and social protection entities. |
$5,000,000 | Kenya | International Labor Organization (ILO) | 12/15/2019 | 12/14/2022 |
Evidence to Action: Increasing the Impact of Research to Mobilize Efforts against Forced LaborThis project will promote increased use of forced labor research in policy and programmatic decision-making to help eliminate forced labor around the world. The project will support achievement of this objective by increasing knowledge through robust research on forced labor in the textile and garment sector and engaging decision makers and stakeholders to use this knowledge to take actions against forced labor. |
$3,000,000 | Argentina, Global, Mauritius | International Labor Organization (ILO) | 12/15/2019 | 12/14/2022 |
Adwuma PaThe Adwuma Pa project works to reduce the risk of child and forced labor, and other exploitative labor practices by improving the economic participation and empowerment of women and girls within cocoa-producing communities in Ghana. |
$5,000,000 | Ghana | Cooperative for Assistance and Relief Everywhere (CARE) | 11/16/2018 | 11/15/2022 |
Combatting Child Labor in the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s Cobalt IndustryThe Cobalt project works to address child labor in the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s (DRC) cobalt supply chain, with a focus on artisanal and small-scale mining. It supports key stakeholders to develop and implement strategies to reduce child labor and improve working conditions in artisanal and small-scale mines as well as in the broader cobalt supply chain. |
$2,500,000 | Congo, Democratic Republic of the (DRC) | International Labor Organization (ILO) | 10/01/2018 | 11/14/2021 |
Combating Forced Labor and Labor Trafficking of Adults and Children in GhanaThis project will build the capacity of the government and businesses to expand and better coordinate ongoing labor trafficking enforcement efforts in Ghana. By putting the right tools in the hands of labor inspectors, business owners, organizations providing social services and workers, the project will help promote supply chains free of exploitative labor and a fair playing field for workers in the United States around the world. |
$2,000,000 | Ghana | Verité | 12/01/2017 | 05/30/2021 |
Measurement, Awareness-Raising, and Policy Engagement (MAP 16) Project on Child Labor and Forced LaborThe United States supports the goal of bringing meaningful change to the lives of the 152 million child laborers and the 25 million adults and children in forced labor around the world by eradicating child labor, forced labor and human trafficking. |
$22,400,000 | Argentina, Brazil, Burma, Chile, Colombia, Congo, Democratic Republic of the (DRC), Fiji, India, Jordan, Kosovo, Mauritania, Mexico, Montenegro, Morocco, Niger, Nigeria, Panama, Philippines, Serbia, South Sudan, Sri Lanka, Timor-Leste | International Labor Organization (ILO) | 12/09/2016 | 09/30/2022 |
EMPOWER: Increasing Economic and Social Empowerment for Adolescent Girls and Vulnerable Women in ZambiaThe EMPOWER project will reduce child labor in Zambia’s eastern province by increasing adolescent girls and vulnerable women’s access to acceptable work and high-quality training opportunities. In addition, the project will increase public awareness on the importance of addressing child labor and strengthen efforts amongst government and the private sector towards gender equality through the promotion of acceptable work for adolescent girls and vulnerable women. |
$5,000,000 | Zambia | Winrock International | 11/01/2016 | 10/31/2020 |
Supporting Sustainable and Child Labor Free Vanilla-Growing Communities in SAVA (SAVABE)The SAVABE project will aim to reduce child labor in the production of vanilla in the Sava region of Madagascar. The project will assist the vanilla industry to eliminate child labor in Madagascar’s vanilla supply chain and will build the capacity of Madagascar’s law enforcement to enforce child labor laws. |
$4,000,000 | Madagascar | International Labor Organization (ILO) | 11/01/2016 | 08/31/2020 |
Better Utilization of Skills for Youth (BUSY) through Quality ApprenticeshipsThe Better Utilization of Skills for Youth (BUSY) project will help build the capacity of government, employers, workers’ organizations, and civil society actors to establish and expand workplace-based training programs for vulnerable youth, including by identifying gaps in relevant laws and policies. |
$3,000,000 | Kenya | International Labor Organization (ILO) | 09/30/2016 | 06/30/2021 |
Promoting Apprenticeship as a Path for Youth Employment in Argentina, Costa Rica, and Kenya through Global Apprenticeships Network (GAN) National NetworksThe Promoting Apprenticeship as a Path for Youth Employment Project is working directly with employers, workers’ organizations, and governments to help increase the number of apprenticeship opportunities for vulnerable youth in Argentina, Costa Rica, and Kenya. The project will create and strengthen private sector networks in support of apprenticeship and other types of work-based training, such as internships, in all three countries, helping employers launch quality work training programs while ensuring these programs are accessible to disadvantaged youth. |
$2,900,000 | Argentina, Costa Rica, Global, Kenya | Global Apprenticeships Network (GAN) | 09/01/2016 | 09/30/2020 |