Financing income-generating activities for mothers to combat hazardous child labor in Burkina Faso’s cotton fields

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PATEC III

Promoting the abandonment of child labor in the cotton sector in Burkina Faso III

🎯 Main objective :
Help combat hazardous child labor in Burkina Faso's cotton fields
📅 Implementation Period :
January 1, 2022 to December 31, 2022
💰 Budget :
75 000 000 FCFA
👥 Primary Target Groups :
Direct beneficiaries : Cotton growers (647) and their family members (3320), school children (850).
📊 Expected Results :
Encourage cotton-producing parents to adopt behaviors that reduce children's exposure to hazardous work in the cotton fields, and encourage them to attend school more regularly.

Promoting the abandonment of child labor in the cotton sector in Burkina Faso III

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According to data from the National Survey on Child Labor (ENTB), more than one million children aged 05 to 17 (41.1%) are economically active in Burkina Faso. In addition, there are around 250,000 child workers...