Ghana: World Premiere of “Fisher of Kids” Huge Success – IIECL

Accra, Ghana – May 5, 2013  With every single seat occupied and many more guests standing and/or following the event from the balcony, the world premiere of Fisher of Kids - presented by the International Human Rights Group in association with the International Initiative to End Child Labor - has taken its course at Goethe-Institut Ghana – German Cultural Center in Accra. Read more…

Global: Emily Grant Applications Open for Spring 2013

If you are a young person, teacher, school or NGO working with children and/or youth and need a small amount of funds to support a project idea to help end exploitative child labor, we want to hear your ideas. In collaboration with the Emily Sandall Foundation, ECL will be awarding ten Emily grants in the spring of 2013. Applications are due by midnight April 15, 2013. The three themes for this round of grants are to support: 1) strategic actions to combat a specific worst form of child labor that exists in a community, 2) research, or 3) music, film or video projects. This is your chance to shed light on activities where children are being used, forced or trafficked to perform worst forms of child labor in your community. Within your applications, we encourage applicants to present the story of one of the children engaged in the form of child labor you will be addressing and include a photo from your community that portrays the type of worst form of child labor you will be targeting. Read more…