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SEOUL, Korea, Republic Of - Samsung Electronics Co. said it has suspended business ties with a Chinese supplier that allegedly hired children.

The South Korean company, which is the world's biggest smartphone maker, said in its blog Monday that it had found possible evidence of child labour and illegal hiring at Dongguan Shinyang Electronics Co.

Samsung said last week it would urgently look into the Chinese supplier following a New York-based watchdog's report that it hired at least five children under the age of 16.

China Labor Watch said children as well as minors under 18 worked at Shinyang for three to six months to meet production targets during a period of high demand. The watchdog said the child workers were paid for 10 hours a day but worked 11 hours.

The report detailed 15 labour violations discovered during its undercover investigation. They included child labour, the absence of safety training, no overtime wages and no social insurance for temporary workers, who constituted at least 40 per cent of 1,200 employees at the Chinese cellphone parts supplier for Samsung.

China Labor Watch's report came shortly after Samsung said its audit found no child labour at hundreds of Chinese suppliers. Samsung began inspecting its Chinese suppliers after the labour watchdog raised the child labour issue in 2012.

Samsung said Chinese authorities are investigating the case and if the investigation finds child labour, Samsung will permanently stop doing business with Shinyang.

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Samsung's statement: http://global.samsungtomorrow.com/?p=38650

Full report by China Labor Watch: http://chinalaborwatch.org/pdf/2014.07.10_Shinyang_Electronics_report__FINAL.pdf

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SEOUL, Korea, Republic Of - Samsung Electronics Co. said it has suspended business ties with a Chinese supplier that allegedly hired children. The South Korean company, which is the world's biggest smartphone maker, said in its blog Monday that it had found possible evidence of child labour and illegal hiring at Dongguan Shinyang Electronics Co.

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Silent Tears (Challenge for Change 2010-2011: Child Labour) [HD]

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Silent Tears (Challenge for Change 2010-2011: Child Labour) [HD]

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Child Labor Protest Song Hey Ho Tracy Grammer

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Silent Tears (Challenge for Change 2010-2011: Child Labour) [HD]

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Before Their Time; The World of Child Labour

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Before Their Time; The World of Child Labour

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Responding to a damning report this year by Human Rights Watch, some cigarette companies and growers have said they will voluntarily restrict child labor in tobacco fields. Though welcome, these steps should be reinforced by new federal rules.

Children as young as 7 are working on tobacco farms in North Carolina, Kentucky, Tennessee and Virginia, often alongside their parents, the report says. This is a perfectly legal practice under federal labor laws and regulations if the parents allow it. Some of the children reported that they suffered from nausea, dizziness and vomiting, all symptoms of nicotine poisoning.

This month, the tobacco companies Altria and R.J. Reynolds said they would start requiring that farmers they buy tobacco from not use workers younger than 16. The Council for Burley Tobacco, which represents growers, adopted a resolution in July stating that it "does not condone the hiring of anyone under the age of 16 for work in tobacco anywhere in the world." Philip Morris International had previously said it would set the minimum age at 18 for its growers.

Given Big Tobacco's shameful history of marketing cigarettes to children, it is noteworthy that the industry is willing to do the right thing in the case of child workers. Even so, the federal government should move to prohibit anyone younger than 18 from working in this industry, given the risk of exposure to nicotine, which can be absorbed through skin contact with tobacco plants and can hurt brain development in young people.

Representative David Cicilline, Democrat of Rhode Island, has introduced a bill that would prohibit children under the age of 18 from working in tobacco fields. But it is unlikely to pass in a Republican-controlled Congress, which is why the Obama administration should act on its own. The Department of Labor has the authority to regulate and restrict child labor.

Three years ago, the department proposed rules that would have prevented children younger than 16 from "participating in the cultivation, harvesting and curing of tobacco." But officials scrapped that idea after Republican lawmakers and agricultural groups opposed it by falsely arguing that it would keep children from working on family farms.

The government has another chance now that the companies and tobacco growers themselves have acknowledged that age restrictions are necessary.

A version of this article appears in print on , on Page A18 of the New York edition with the headline: A Ban on Child Labor in Tobacco Fields. Order Reprints | Today's Paper | Subscribe

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Opinion | A Ban on Child Labor in Tobacco Fields

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Responding to a damning report this year by Human Rights Watch, some cigarette companies and growers have said they will voluntarily restrict child labor in tobacco fields. Though welcome, these steps should be reinforced by new federal rules. Children as young as 7 are working on tobacco farms in North Carolina, Kentucky, Tennessee and Virginia, often alongside their parents, the report says.

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The CNN Freedom Project: Ending Modern-Day Slavery

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Two years after exposing slavery in the cocoa plantations of Ivory Coast, a CNN team went back to see how the chocolate industry and the Ivory Coast government were tackling the problem. Watch the documentary, presented by Richard Quest, in full.

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Cocoa-nomics: Watch the documentary in full

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Two years after exposing slavery in the cocoa plantations of Ivory Coast, a CNN team went back to see how the chocolate industry and the Ivory Coast government were tackling the problem. Watch the documentary, presented by Richard Quest, in full.

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www.AChildaDay.ca

Who runs/works for this organization?

Regina Harder is the president of this organization and is assisted by Allison Wiebe. Regina and Allison started A Child A Day 10 years ago after they were introduced to child labourers while on vacation. This first hand interaction with such innocent, hopeful kids has driven them to both raise awareness and funds to help kids around the world retrieve their childhood. Under their leadership, many schools, businesses and families have partnered with them in hoping to rid the world of child labour and its casualties.

What is their objective/mission?

To influence public policy on child labor issues through an increased understanding of the impact of work on children’s health, the quality of their lives, and their ability to produce effectively in jobs as adults, as well as increase recognition of how child labor exploitation reinforces and promotes poverty, adult unemployment, poor living standards, low literacy rates, and lax enforcement of labor regulations;

To give children in poor environments a Christ-Centered place of refuge, encouragement and learning

To work for strengthened protections, guarding youth from excessive, inappropriate, and hazardous labor;

To advocate for better enforcement of child labor laws and regulations, including devising and encouraging innovative ways to ensure employer compliance;

To educate the public, business, and governments to broaden awareness and understanding about the nature of child labor exploitation in the United States and other countries, and how it differs from legitimate and positive youth employment

To raise awareness towards child labour, and through donations and other funds, create safe homes and learning environments for victims of child labour.  In addition, they continue to create safe working environments, and appropriate wages and times for young adults to work

What strategies/programs/projects are they using to meet this objective?

In the past 4 years, they have set up 8 schools for children who have been freed from child labour to receive education, and they have funded many homes for children to live in and build better lives, rather than forced to work. They are also trying to raise awareness to the public, and to do that, they send a few representatives to schools across Canada to tell students about child labour, its consequences and how they can help.  And for the rest of the country A Child A Day has commissioned many cross-country fundraisers and a few commercials that are aired across Canada.

How are these strategies effective or ineffective?

These strategies have proved to be effective because of the results. Many children overwhelm the schools everyday. Eager to learn and participate in different activities and school work that the teachers provide. The schools could only operate because of the funding that comes in, not just through our business sponsors, but the communities committed to support this noble cause. Raising awareness through schools and television has only increased the amount of enthusiasm and response to A Child a Day's call to support them in ridding child labour.

How is this organization funded?

This organization has many areas where funds are coming in, some of these include:

Donations

Coorporate Sponsors

How can you get involved?

There are quite a few ways you can get involved in A Child A Day organization. If you are willing, we have a spot for you!

Some of the more popular ways of getting involved include:

Donation - this money is put to use in many ways such as

Hiring leaders to head volunteer jobs and oversee missions oversees

Construction equipment and materials for the houses

Clothes and Toiletries and School Supplies for kids

Hiring teachers

Advertisement and campaign

And perhaps speaking isn't really your thing, contact our head office to find out how you can become apart of our building teams or teaching groups for a life-changing, multi-cultural experience.

Contact information:

Head office (Toronto): (416) 997-8283

PR: alexa@achildaday.ca

HR: jane@achildaday.ca

Questions/Inquiries: questions@achildaday.ca

Get Involved: getinvolved@achildaday.ca

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Is your chocolate bar worth a child's life? Documentary lays bare child slavery in West Africa's cocoa plantations - and what is being done to free them

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Poverty is fuelled by the world's growing demand for chocolate

Children under 11 are forced into dangerous cocoa harvesting

New documentary exposes the practice and what is being done to tackle it

Britain's love affair with chocolate is fuelling child slavery in West Africa, as laid bare by a shocking new documentary.

The chocolate industry is worth £66billion globally and the Ivory Coast is the world's largest producer of cocoa.

But across the Ivory Coast, cocoa is grown on family plantations, each typically only a few hectares.

The small parcels of land are handed down through the generations, each son struggling to make ends meet, just like his father before him.

This crippling poverty in the country forces families to use young children to produce the cocoa - a dangerous occupation even for an adult.

Children use dangerous tools and machinery, haul beans across long distances, work long hours and face exposure to pesticides and other potentially hazardous agricultural chemicals with no protective clothing. Much of the danger arises from swinging heavy-bladed machetes.

There have been reports of children with terrible leg wounds from harvesting. Many are imprisoned on farms and savagely beaten if they try to escape. Some are under 11 years old.

News broadcaster CNN, which investigated the issue of child labour involved in the chocolate industry in 'Chocolate's Child Slaves', has produced a new documentary, 'Cocoa-nomics'.

As the global demand for chocolate rises, so does the threat to the supply of cocoa. It's a pivotal time in the development of the cocoa economy in West Africa, for the industry, and the next generation of cocoa farmers.

Host Richard Quest travels to the Ivory Coast to see the effects of the fight against child labour, which ultimately has its roots embedded in poverty.

While there he travels to a farming community and discovers that the farmers have never even tasted chocolate, despite harvesting cocoa for decades.

One of them gives an insight into poverty in the nation, saying: 'Where would we find it?'. Quest gives a chunk of chocolate to the farmer, who exclaims: 'It's good. It's good to eat!'

The correspondent also examines the collective efforts to reform the cocoa industry - the fundamental socio-economic solutions needed to secure a sustainable future for cocoa farming and the chocolate industry.

His travels coincide with a visit to the country by Nestlé's Executive Vice President, José Lopez, who admits that the major confectionery corporations were slow to address the issue of child poverty, but are now working with charities, NGOs and each other to tackle the problem.

Mike McCarthy, Senior Vice President, Programming at CNN International said: 'Cocoa-nomics explores how progress has been made in the effort to combat child labour.'

Cocoa-nomics: A CNN Freedom Project Documentary' can be seen on Thursday 27 February, 2100 GMT on CNN International.

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Poverty is fuelled by the world's growing demand for chocolate Children under 11 are forced into dangerous cocoa harvesting New documentary exposes the practice and what is being done to tackle it Britain's love affair with chocolate is fuelling child slavery in West Africa, as laid bare by a shocking new documentary.

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Boys without Names, Book by Kashmira Sheth (Paperback) | chapters.indigo.ca

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Trapped. For eleven-year-old Gopal and his family, life in their rural Indian village is over: We stay, we starve , his baba has warned. They flee to the big city of Mumbai in hopes of finding work and a brighter future.

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Childhood and Child Labour in the British Industrial Revolution

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Childhood and Child Labour in the British Industrial Revolution, Book by Jane Humphries (Paperback) | chapters.indigo.ca

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This is a unique account of working-class childhood during the British industrial revolution. Using more than 600 autobiographies written by working men of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries Jane Humphries illuminates working-class childhood in contexts untouched by conventional sources and facilitates estimates of age at starting work, social mobility, the extent of apprenticeship, and the duration of schooling.

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Rescued from forced employment, 13-year-old Lakshmi is frail and frightened.

Two child protection officers hold her on either side as she walks into the police station.

She was abducted four years ago from her village in north-east India.

Until her rescue, she had been working in people's homes across West Delhi - cooking, cleaning and taking care of children.

"I was not allowed to rest," she says. "If I did something wrong or it was not what they wanted, they hit me.

"If I wanted to sit down for a bit because I was so tired, they would scream at me.

"I was never allowed to leave the house, so I didn't realise that I'm in Delhi. My employers told me that we are in Madras in South India."

Find out more

Listen to Shilpa Kannan's full report on The World Tonight on BBC Radio 4 on Wednesday, 5 February at 22:00 GMT. Or listen again on iPlayer.

As the police and counsellors question her, Lakshmi breaks down. She tells the police that she was sexually assaulted by the men who kidnapped her.

She was threatened that if she told anyone about it, they would tell everyone back home in her village and her honour would be destroyed.

And then, when she started working the agent who arranged her work withheld all her wages leaving her with nothing.

'Lured with clothes and sweets'

Her uncle is just relieved to have found her. A tea garden worker from Assam, he says her parents died when she was young and her grandmother is worried sick about the young girl. He is also angry about the abduction.

"What can we really do? We are poor people - I didn't have enough money to come to Delhi to look for my missing niece.

"Unscrupulous agents and middlemen just come into our homes when parents are away working at the tea gardens and lure young girls with new clothes and sweets. Before they know it, they are on a train to a big city at the mercy of these greedy men."

He is not alone. One child goes missing every eight minutes in India and nearly half of them are never found.

Kidnapped children are often forced into the sex trade. But many here feel that children are increasingly pushed into domestic labour - hidden from public view within the four walls of a home.

The government estimates half a million children are in this position.

Demand from middle classes

I don't want anyone to go through what I did
Sumila Munda

At a rehabilitation home in northern Delhi run by a charity for children, Bachpan Bachao Andolan, many families have gathered.

They are all tea workers from the north-east state of Assam and have come here searching for their missing daughters.

They estimate that just from one particular area - Rangpura in Assam - 16 girls have been lost in the last three to four years.

Helping these families find their daughters is Kailash Satyarti, the head of Bachpan Bacchao Andolan.

"This is the most ironical part of India's growth. The middle classes are demanding cheap, docile labour," he says.

"The cheapest and most vulnerable workforce is children - girls in particular. So the demand for cheap labour is contributing to trafficking of children from remote parts of India to big cities."

'Hellish life'

Offering them a ray of hope is the case of 18-year-old Sumila Munda, who was rescued earlier this month. The information she provided led to police arresting a couple of alleged traffickers.

She says she still has nightmares about her employers.

"I don't want anyone to go through what I did. I often wondered if I will ever escape from the hellish life I was stuck in. I had dreams of being in school, studying. Now I will get back to my studies."

India is estimated to have more child labourers than anywhere else in the world.

But while abducting children is illegal, the law is vague on when they can legally work. Child labour law does not allow children under the age of 14 to be employed, but anyone under 18 is legally considered a child.

Government helpless

And the government body in charge of children's rights admits they are helpless.

"Unfortunately our child labour prohibition and regulation act is totally outdated," says Kushal Singh, head of the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights.

"It says children below the age of 14 cannot be employed in hazardous occupations. Does that mean in non-hazardous occupations a two-year-old child can be employed?

"So obviously it's a very regressive act. This issue has been raised and now an amendment is pending in the parliament. However, it has been pending for a very long time."

If the law changes, it will make the fight against child exploitation a little easier.
You can hear more on this story on *Some names in this report have been changed to protect the identities of victims. The World Tonight on BBC Radio Four at 22:00 GMT, or listen again on iPlayer.
But that's no relief for families like these. Many here fear that their daughters may be lost forever.

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Rescued from forced employment, 13-year-old Lakshmi is frail and frightened. Two child protection officers hold her on either side as she walks into the police station. She was abducted four years ago from her village in north-east India. Until her rescue, she had been working in people's homes across West Delhi - cooking, cleaning and taking care of children.

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In 1995, 12-year-old Craig Kielburger read about Iqbal Masih, a child laborer of the same age who escaped slavery and was murdered for advocating for children's rights. Iqbal's story inspired him to take action and rally other youth to join his cause. It also showed Craig and Marc that people as young as them could drive significant change in the world. Twenty-five years later, WE is a movement that gives young people and their teachers a platform and the tools to make a difference in their communities and in those around the world.

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WE.org - WE Charity | We're in this together

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In 1995, 12-year-old Craig Kielburger read about Iqbal Masih, a child laborer of the same age who escaped slavery and was murdered for advocating for children's rights. Iqbal's story inspired him to take action and rally other youth to join his cause.

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http://www.freethechildren.com/

Who founded the organization?

Free the Children was founded in 1995 by Craig Kielburger.  The foundation began when one morning at breakfast, he read a newspaper article in Toronto Star, on a 12 year old child labourer  being murdered. Craig felt a connection to the article and decided to do more research on child labour. His findings lead him to realize that there were more than 215 million child labourers in the world, many working in slave – like conditions. He took the article to his grade 7 class in Thornhill, Ontario and when he asked for help, eleven classmates put in their lot.  Free the Children was born!

Who runs/works for this organization?

Free the Children is still being run by Craig Kielburger, assisted by his brother Mark. However, their organization has not been limited to their 11 classmates from twenty years ago.  They now have formed many partnerships with top school boards and leading corporations, including Oprah’s Angel Network, KPMG, and BlackBerry and their organization has worked in more than 45 countries and built more than 650 schools and school rooms in developing communities.

What is their objective?
In Canada, the US, and the UK, Free the Children provides comprehensive programs for service learning and active citizenship. We educate, engage and empower youth in North America, the UK and around the world with the tools, knowledge, confidence and support network to be ambassadors for change and lead meaningful action. In Africa, Asia and Latin America, Free the Children provides a comprehensive child-focused development approach inspired by the African proverb “It takes a village to raise a child”. We work together with communities in Africa, Asia and Latin America to establish a comprehensive, child-focused development approach that gives all community members the education, skills and opportunity to lift themselves out of poverty—forever.
http://www.freethechildren.com/about-us/our-model/

What strategies/programs/projects are they using to meet this objective?

Most charities focus on children and young people as the recipients of aid, as problems to be solved. Free The Children believes that youth can be the greatest problem-solvers. Instead of making the world a better place for our children, we know we can make the world a better place with our children. They provide broad service learning programs that inspire and engage schools, families and young people on a lifelong journey to better the world.

The depth of their programming spreads to touch every aspect of youth’s lives:

Youth coordinator support

After-school clubs

In-class curricular resources

Volunteer and fundraising campaigns

Summer leadership camps

Positive celebrity role models

One of the world’s largest social media followings

Why are these strategies effective/ineffective?

Free the Children’s programs have a massive reach, impacting hundreds of thousands of young people each year. Participation in their domestic programming can alter youth value systems, producing transformative change in their lives.

How is this organization funded?

Free the Children's partnerships take many forms—from providing funds and sponsorship, to contributions in-kind and donated services, to program delivery and support. It is together with corporations and donors, schools and education partners, program and media partners that Free the Children's programs come to life.

Corporate partners, sponsors, major donors:

Help keep We Day, campaigns and domestic programming free for educators and youth

Fund Adopt a Village, and fundraise through engaging their employees

Support volunteer engagement to ensure efficiencies and keep administrative cost low

Expand their reach in engaging more people and carry programming to new markets

Carry out research, development  and invest in new areas of programming

Media partners:

Help carry news about Free The Children and social issues to communities across Canada

Educational and program partners:

Serve as vehicles to support program delivery, and endorse access to educators and schools

Contribute expertise to Free the Children's program design

Provide them with access to content, talent and resources that enrich the content of We Day events

On average, half of Free The Children’s funding comes from direct contributions and in-kind support generated by young people (bake sales, walk-a-thons, garage sales and coin drives, etc.).  Meanwhile, about half of our funding comes from generous adult donors (individuals, foundations, corporations and government).
How can you get involved?

There are many ways that you can get involved in Free the Children's campaign to stop child labour a few of these ways include:

We Day

Communicate your brand promise with a passionate and engaged audiences.

Use We Day as a platform to achieve key corporate social responsibility objectives by tying marketing to social causes.

Leverage this platform to communicate the issues that your company is passionate about.

Rally employees around a unifying cause.

Encourage employees participate in unique volunteer opportunities at We Day events across Canada.

Gain exposure through We Day’s extensive social networks and broadcasts.

Associate your brand with an impressive roster of world-renowned celebrities, activists and global business leaders.

Youth Empowerment Programming

Free The Children’s youth empowerment programming helps form the attitudes and priorities of young people, motivating and empowering them to take positive action. Participants gain practical communication and leadership skills, as well as knowledge of local and international issues.

Become a leader in the field of youth empowerment.

Enhance your profile and brand recognition within your region.

Give young people in the lives of your employees an opportunity to join a community of change makers.

Annual Campaigns

Free The Chilren’s annual campaigns focus on a variety of issues of importance, both at home and around the world. Sponsor the campaign that’s aligned with your company’s brand and objectives and help grow the movement of children helping children.

Year of Education

We Create Change

We are Silent

We are Love

We Scare Hunger

We Stand Together

Contact Information:

General Inquiries and Donations:

Educators: weact@freethechildren.com Youth Programming: youth@freethechildren.com Development, Fundraising, and Corporate Partnerships: development@freethechildren.com Human Resources: rann@freethechildren.com Public Relations: angie@freethechildren.com

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It's time to address child labour and modern slavery

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168 million child labourers worldwide. Sign the petition to demand companies check their supply chains. #NOCHILDFORSALE

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http://nochildforsale.ca/ Who founded the organization? World Vision was founded by a man named Dr. Bob Pierce in China. Dr. Bob Pierce was an American Missionary who founded the organization in Canada in 1950.

Who runs this organization?

The president and chief executive officer of this organization is Dave Toycen. He has received three honorary doctorates, has degrees in both philosophy and divinity and he has been the president of World Vision for the past 18 years.

What is their objective/mission?

World Vision is a Christian relief, development and advocacy organization dedicated to working with children, families and communities to overcome poverty and injustice. As followers of Jesus, we are motivated by God’s love to serve all people regardless of religion, race, ethnicity or gender.

http://www.worldvision.ca/ABOUTUS/Pages/Core-Values.aspx

What strategies/programs/projects are they using to meet this objective?

In 2013, they launched the No Child for Sale national campaign to raise awareness of Canadians on Child Slavery so that they can help to eliminate it. The campaign reached 1 in every 3 Canadians, encouraging them to spread the word, buy child-labour-free products and press companies and governments to be global leaders in helping to end child slavery.

While child slavery is not an issue that the average Canadian knows a lot about and can easily grasp, we know that Canadians believe that all children deserve to be free from being sold or trafficked into the worst forms of slavery around the world.

http://nochildforsale.ca/impact-statement/

Why are these strategies effective or ineffective?

These strategies are effective because World Vision is spreading awareness about Child Labour, which is making Canadians want to help out by donating money to this organization and by sponsoring children. When Canadians sponsor children who are forced to work, the children get education, health care, and they are not forced to work at such a young age.

How is this organization funded?

World Vision is involved in a variety of fundraising efforts with a goal of raising more money and more awareness about programs that help people living in poverty. When Canadians support World Vision, they can make a bigger impact in the lives of children and families overseas. World Vision is mostly funded by donations and from their fundraising efforts.

How can you get involved?

There are many ways you can get involved to help stop child labour. You can:

Donate to the organization

Sign a petition to help FIGHT child labour

Sponsor a child

Do some research and learn about the issue and help spread the word

Contact information:
Email: Click HerePhone: 905-565-6100
Toll-free: 1-866-595-5550
Fax: 1-866-219-8620
To protect your privacy and security, please do not fax or email your credit card or banking information.
Mail to:
World Vision Canada
1 World Drive
Mississauga, Ontario
L5T 2Y4
Privacy and SecurityPrivacy Line: 1-800-329-6176 ext. 2713

Give a Compliment: If you have a compliment, please call 1-800-714-3501 or click here.

Share a Concern: If you have a concern, please call 1-800-714-3501 or click here.

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It is work that children should not be doing because they are too young to work, or – if they are old enough to work – because it is dangerous or otherwise unsuitable for them

http://www.un.org/en/globalissues/briefingpapers/childlabour/

Work that deprives children of their childhood, their potential and their dignity, and that is harmful to physical and mental development.

It refers to work that:

is mentally, physically, socially or morally dangerous and harmful to children; and

interferes with their schooling by:

depriving them of the opportunity to attend school;

obliging them to leave school prematurely; or

requiring them to attempt to combine school attendance with excessively long and heavy work.

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