An Inclusive Approach to Empowering Working Children

Duration April-2014 to March-2017
Funder World Vision Bangladesh,
Location Chittagong City Corporation, Ward No-18 & 19
Beneficiary coverage Direct 3500 working Children and 3500 Parents
Goal Creating enabling environment through empowering working children and strengthening the Child Protection system
Objectives
  • Increased community awareness and effectiveness for voluntary withdrawal of working children from hazardous work.

  • Increased competency based education (literacy and technical skill) among the drop out and never enrolled working children.

  • Strengthened multi-level network of advocates to bring policy level changes and capacity for enforcement of policies that protect working children

  • Increased economic empowerment of parents of working children through market linkage.