International Centre on Child Labor and Education
December 2008
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World leaders reward the Wall Street and fail the children out of school
  The 8th High Level Group meeting on Education for All concluded in Oslo, Norway last week. This much expected Oslo meeting touted to be the turning point in ascertaining education through mobilizing high amount of political will and resource commitment has once again failed the worlds hard to reach children.
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India: Can education stop child labor?
 

THE Census of India reports show that the number of child laborers in the country increased from 11.3 million in 1991 to 12.6 million in 2001. They further state that an estimated 87 million children are not attending school.
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War against child labor yields good results
  SALEM: Salem district has been in the forefront of the war against child labor in Tamil Nadu. It has a dubious distinction of employing children below 14 in both hazardous and non-hazardous industries such as silver anklet, weaving, construction, coir making, beedi rolling, brick kilns, automobile workshops, hotels and dhabas, stone quarries and in some industrial units thus forcing the government to launch an intense child labor eradication programme during 1995-1996.
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UK health service wants no products of child labor
 

LONDON (AP) — Britain's state-funded health service on Monday published plans to ensure hospitals know where their surgical instruments are coming from, after acknowledging that some may be produced by child laborers in Pakistan.
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In Togo, a 10-Year-Old's Muted Cry: 'I Couldn't Take Any More'
  LOME, Togo -- Adiza ran scared and crying into the street. Ten years old and 4-foot-9, she fled the house where she had worked for more than a year, cleaning and sweeping from before dawn until late at night.
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Philippines: World Vision, DepEd: Eradicate child labor
 

Pasig City (30 December) -- Some 30,000 child laborers are expected to benefit from a training of public school teachers on how to combat child exploitation spearheaded by the World Vision Development Foundation (WVDF) and the Department of Education (DepEd).
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ACCESS-Plus: Focus on fighting child labor in Yemen
 

An American-run project worth $ US 3.5 million seeking to combat both child labor and trafficking was launched Sunday in Sana'a in presence of American and Yemeni officials. The 3-year project is set to run from 2008-2011, and will help these children attend schools in Hodeida, Taiz, Hajja, and Aden, and falls under the broader Access-Plus program seeking to expand school-enrolment in Yemen.
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United States: The Maid Trade: Exploiting Child Servants
 

Adiza ran scared and crying into the street. Ten years old and 4-foot-9, she fled the house where she had worked for more than a year, cleaning and sweeping from before dawn until late at night....
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15.2 Million More African Children Enrolled in Primary School
 

52% more children enrolled into primary school in 22 African countries supported by the education for All Initiative Fast Track Initiative
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Back to school programme bears fruit
 

Back to school. That is the thrust of a statewide government programme that saw nearly four lakh teachers who farmed across Karnataka the last few days seeking to enroll all children aged between six to 14 - whether on the streets of the cities or working as farm hands in the fields in rural areas - back to school.
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Liberation for Education, India
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Education for Liberation, Pakistan
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Here is a unique opportunity to help rescue, rehabilitate and educate children engaged in the worst forms of child labor, this academic year. Please consider giving a one-time donation of $300 to make possible the raid and rescue of 10 children from forced labor in India! With a 'recurring donation' of $55/month, you can provide 1 child rescued from forced labor with food, shelter, education and vocational training in a rehabilitation center.

Or, send a child from the brick kilns or shoe factories to school in Pakistan. With a 'recurring gift' of only $33/month (or a one-time donation of $396/year), you will provide a child with school supplies, textbooks, a daily meal, and a uniform! Do you know that some Americans spend more than $30/month on dyeing their hair?! With a generous recurring donation of $132/month, you can support 1 teacher of these children.

Please share this letter with friends or family members who might be interested in donating to this very just cause.

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