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A needs assessment was carried out to identify the main issues that keep children out of school in the target project districts and to design appropriate interventions. The study involved a qualitative research that used secondary data, including literature review of legislative, policy and program documents related to education to ascertain the state of education in Ghana.

The first part of the report includes a desk review of alternative livelihood sources for cocoa families to provide a list of possible alternative livelihood options in the target communities. The second part, SECTION 2 reports on the availability and viability of alternative and or additional livelihood activities in the target communities. SECTION 3 identifies good practices by past and current alternative livelihood activities in the target communities and discusses possibility for replication. The fourth part, SECTION 4 provides insights into the willingness and readiness of cocoa farmers to engage in the identified alternative livelihood options. The final part, SECTION 5 provides a list of recommendations on the most viable activities that IPEC beneficiaries could immediately engage in to improve their household income.

A training module presenting the definitions of different exploitation types such as child labor and worst forms of child labor. The module also provides information on the prohibited of child labor activities in Ghana as well as context on the Harkin-Engel Protocol and Tulane University's related activities to address the Protocol.

A presentation reviewing the purpose of a needs assessment and the methodology that can be used to conduct such assessment and analyze results. The presentation also provides information regarding the purpose of Community Action Plans for child protection and the steps needed to formulate and monitor such plan.

A presentation reviewing the methodology used in order to conduct research to inform the creation of an Intervention Database which provides a comprehensive baseline overview, classification, and description of the various interventions that aim to have an immediate impact on the lives of children at risk, who are, or who were child laborers in the cocoa sectors of Cote d'Ivoire and Ghana.

A presentation with the aim of helping the audience to understand the principles of occupational health and safety relevant to child labor, to be able to use a health and safety approach in identifying and quantifying hazardous work, and to be able to apply a health and safety approach on cocoa farming.

This presentation provides information on Geographical Information Systems and Applications (GIS) and what they do. The presentation includes examples of maps which show the reach of intervention programs in the cocoa sector as shown by GIS imaging in addition to an image of the Tulane Database prototype.

This presentation provides an overview of sample populations for surveys and interviews on the topic of child labor in cocoa growing areas.

This presentation provides an overview of several data entry and data analysis software programs such as SPSS and STATA.

To Conquer The World: Since 2002, the International Labor Organization (ILO) declared June 12 as the International Day Against Child Labor. With a view to the commemoration of this date, the Somos Tesoro project has created the campaign "To conquer the world", in order to remind children and adolescents and their parents that in order to succeed in life, minors need to learn to know themselves, to express themselves, to create, to share and enjoy.