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A one-page factsheet summarizing the aims, intended beneficiary populations, and intervention types employed by the EducaFuturo project.

A one-page factsheet summarizing the aims, intended beneficiary populations, and intervention types employed by the EducaFuturo project.

What Does Somos Tesoro Leave Us? : Before Somos Tesoro arrived, we had a very different life, says Mercedes Cárdenas, a woman leader of the Guantó village, in Gámeza, Boyacá. “We each lived on her side. Today we are a group, we are five women, and we created our community garden, which has given us a lot for sustenance”. Now, in the process of closing the project in Boyacá, Mercedes feels confident in the future of her group and her garden: "Somos Tesoro leaves us with the strengthening of the family to build our future." 

An article announcing the release of the Practical Guide for the formalization of small-scale mining in Colombia, published within the framework of the Somos Tesoro project (in conjunction with the Alliance for Responsible Mining).

An article about an event organized in Tunja by the Government of Boyacá - "We Are Humble People, But We Are For Great Things" - in which Nairo Quintana met with the youth of Boyacá in a session called "I Believe In My Future."

An article reporting that the Somos Tesoro project, Acción Fund and Sustainable Week presented the Mayors of nine municipalities of Antioquia and Boyacá with the Somos Tesoro award for the actions taken in 2016 to prevent and eliminate child labor in mining.

An article about The Creative Ideas project, an initiative aimed at reducing student desertion and preventing child labor supported by the Somos Tesoro project and the Mi Sangre Foundation, in which teachers help students explore and express their dreams and goals, and inventory their own attitudes and skills.

An article about the effects that engaging in artisanal gold mining has on the lives of children in Colombia.

This press briefing discusses efforts to address child labor, including the adoption of the West Africa Regional Action Plan for the elimination of child labor as well as the launch of the ECOWAS Parliamentarians against Child Labour. The briefing also provides some context on the situation of child labor in Ghana.

A research brief describing high-level research findings pertaining to child labor and hazardous child labor in cocoa production as well as findings pertaining to an assessment of the role of interventions implemented by key stakeholders in confronting the issues of child labor and hazardous child labor in the cocoa sector.