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\u201cShow the red card to child labour: a protected childhood, decent work for adults\u201d<\/strong> is the 2026 theme of the World Day Against Child Labour<\/a>. Established in 2002 by the International Labour Organization (ILO)<\/em>, this day seeks to raise global awareness of a profound and persistent injustice. Like many humanitarian actors, we stand firmly against child labour and work tirelessly to ensure that every child has access to quality education and, later in life, to decent employment. On this 12 June, we reaffirm that every child has the right to learn, to play, to dream, and to imagine a future of their own.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Two young girls tending their family\u2019s fruit stall in Bolivia
\u00a9 Bj\u00f8rn-Owe Holmberg<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

138 million children affected<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Despite significant progress in reducing child labour since the turn of the millennium, the global situation remains deeply troubling. The Sustainable Development Goal target 8.7<\/strong>, which aimed to \u201cend child labour in all its forms by 2025\u201d<\/em>, has clearly not been met.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to the United Nations, 138 million children<\/strong> are still compelled to work today-most of them in agriculture. Among them, 54 million<\/strong> are engaged in hazardous labour. The highest concentration-around 87 million children<\/strong>-lives in sub-Saharan Africa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ending child labour: quality education and intercultural dialogue as safeguards<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

On this 12 June, together with the international community, we raise the red card against child labour. At SOS Children\u2019s Villages International<\/em>, we have long been committed, alongside our partners and sister associations, to preventing and protecting children from labour and the violence that often accompanies it. We work to guarantee them a quality education within a safe, nurturing, and stimulating environment. Our mission is guided by the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, particularly SDG 4, 5, and 8<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Attending school\u2014and staying in school\u2014remains the most effective way to prevent children from being forced into work and to secure for them a future with decent employment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Young street vendor in C\u00f4te d\u2019Ivoire<\/em>
\u00a9 Jessica Tradati<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n
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Alongside our education-focused projects currently underway in Morocco and Cape Verde, child protection and education are woven into all our programmes, whether in development, emergency response, or resilience-building. Across Africa, teams and communities are mobilised to end child labour, strengthen education systems, and promote intercultural dialogue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Children\u2019s Clubs in Niger<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

This is particularly true in our PACOPE-SPE development programmes in West Africa, notably in the Nigerien regions of Dosso and Tahoua. There, 12 Children\u2019s Clubs<\/strong>, 15 Parent\u2013Teacher Associations<\/strong>, and other well-established community structures work hand in hand with local authorities and families to uphold every child\u2019s right to education. They strive to strengthen the quality of schooling, encourage youth employability, promote gender equality, reduce gender-based inequalities, and more broadly foster peaceful, just, and equitable societies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Peace Clubs in Ethiopia<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

In Ethiopia, within a resilience-support project that integrates nutrition, development, and peacebuilding, new Peace Clubs<\/strong> are being created in Moyale, in the country\u2019s south\u2014an area where major communities such as the Oromo and Somali peoples live side by side. These clubs aim to bring together students from diverse backgrounds so they may become genuine ambassadors of peace within their own communities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

They will organise sociocultural activities such as sports tournaments and inter-school artistic exchanges, helping to nurture intercultural dialogue and peace in this border region between Ethiopia and Kenya, where intercommunal tensions are frequent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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