Across 6 countries in Africa, education union programmes against child labour are delivering life-changing results. In 2024 alone, over 1,880 former child labourers have been returned to classrooms in project areas in Burundi, Malawi, Mali, Togo, Uganda, and Zimbabwe.
Activities focus on assessing the number of children not in school, training hundreds of teachers and school leaders on children’s rights, and raising awareness of the negative impact of child labour and the benefits of education. This engagement also involves working with local people and mobilising the community to act against child labour.