According to ILO estimates, there are 250 million children between the ages of five and 14 who work. Roughly 120 million of these work full-time and many are exploited to the detriment of their physical, moral and intellectual development.

Children over the world work in unsafe conditions in mines, garment factories and agriculture, where exposure to dust and pesticides can wreck their health. They work as domestics and prostitutes, subject to the whims of and abuse by those who control them. The callUganda is agains't exploitation of these children and stands together with the whole world to oppose such acts.

Child labor, when it comes at the cost of a child’s well-being, development, or education, not only harms the child but impacts the economic development of its country. The value of investment in children’s education has been documented in numerous studies. The U.S. Department of Labor surveyed 162 research studies, covering 70 countries and all levels of development.

Eighty-seven percent of these studies showed that a typical worker with a primary education earned more than sufficient funds to repay the costs of their school. Social benefits with regard to education of children have been shown to include everything from
greater political participation, reduced criminal activity and lesser dependence on social support programs, to increased life expectancy.

Economic benefits also exist, as evidence suggests that greater investments in education lead to greater economic growth, which provides financial support for yet greater investments in education. On an individual level, increased education should result in
increased productivity, leading to better job opportunities and higher wages.

USG Commitment to Eliminating Child Labor We have a joint interest in safeguarding the welfare of children, who are the future of our nations. As the US government, we also want to ensure and assist our trading partners are making progress to reduce child labor.

To this end, the U.S. Department of Labor is funding projects around the world to eliminate the worst forms of child labor and to reduce the level of child labor by assisting children to remain in school.

Partner with us to send these children back so school and in the process, the indecent acts of child labour, sex slavery, child soldiers, juvenile deliquencies and the ever growing number of street children can all be stopped and their future safe guarded. Sponsor a child today