Work for children under age 18 that in some way harms or exploits them (physically, mentally, morally, or by blocking children from education). Of the world’s children, more than 200 million are child labourers. Some are as young as 5, and most are under the age of 15 More than 100 million are trapped in the worst forms of child labour

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Around 2 million Nepali children are engaged in child labour, including the worst forms 70% of these children are between years old More boys than girls are working Most work in the agricultural sector as unpaid family members, or as bonded labourers to assist their parents who are trapped in debt bondage Source:

Causes of child labour include: Lack of enforcement of anti-child labour legislation Lack of family support and access to education Recent civil war where both sides (the Maoists and the Nepali government) enlisted child soldiers Source: Nepal – The child labour situation

Many children in hazardous and dangerous jobs are in danger of injury, even death. Beyond compassion, consider who today’s children will become in the future. Between today and the year 2020, the vast majority of new workers, citizens and new consumers — whose skills and needs will build the world’s economy and society — will come from developing countries. Over that 20-year period, some 730 million people will join the world’s workforce — more than all the people employed in today's most developed nations in More than 90 percent of these new workers will be from developing nations, according to research by Population Action International. How many will have had to work at an early age, destroying their health or hampering their education? (

Many organizations around the world are working to combat child labour in trafficking (ex. the International Labour Organization) Governments are forming anti-child labour legislation and freeing child slaves Facilities and programs are being created to assist in the care of freed child slaves There are 28 million fewer child slaves today than there were 4 years ago in the world (

A long process by which a former slave regains his/her mental balance, becomes part of a group, and learns new skills in order to live in freedom A person who is in a rehabilitation program or facility is called a client Source: Introduction to Rehabilitation projects

There are three periods of rehabilitation: IMMEDIATE CARE Giving care in the first days after a client’s release or rescue from slavery THE FOLLOWING WEEKS AND MONTHS Helping the client recover, whether in the community or through services in a special safe place MOVING TOWARD REINTEGRATION Preparing the client to settle and start life again in a normal community Source: Introduction to Rehabilitation projects

Source: Introduction to Rehabilitation projects

– Health and nutrition (ex. learning to cook and eat healthy) – Psychosocial development (learning to think, feel, and be a part of a group, ex. group games and team-building activities) – Education (especially primary schooling and then any other appropriate skill development, ex. human rights)

As a team: Choose an area of child rehabilitation to focus on: – Health and nutrition (ex. learning to cook and eat healthy) – Psychosocial development (learning to think, feel, and be a part of a group, ex. group games and team-building activities) – Education (especially primary schooling and then any other appropriate skill development, ex. human rights) Research an already existing rehabilitation facility in Nepal where you can bring your project to. Here are a couple to start off with: – RugMark Nepal goodweave/goodweave-in-nepal.shtmhttp:// goodweave/goodweave-in-nepal.shtm – CPCS – Terre des hommes

Specific to Nepal _line_of_fire_UN/ _line_of_fire_UN/ responses/nepal/national.htm responses/nepal/national.htm General Introduction to Rehabilitation projects International Labour Organization

Child labour [labor]: Work for children under age 18 that in some way harms or exploits them (physically, mentally, morally, or by blocking children from education). Client: in this case, a child in the rehabilitation program. Guardian: Rehabilitation: A long process by which a former slave regains his/her mental balance, becomes part of a group, and learns new skills in order to live in freedom Slave: an individual who is forced to work with little to no pay, for someone else’s profit, and controlled by violence or the threat of violence Slaveholders: the people who use slaves Human trafficking: the trading of people as slaves, which occurs among many countries Source: Introduction to Rehabilitation projects