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A guide presenting key points on the cultivation of cocoa.
 

This manual is intended as a working tool available to structures and supervisory agents in the agricultural world in general and cocoa producers in particular.

The purpose of this report is to share the findings of the Community Asset Appraisal (CAA) mapping implemented in 15 communities in the two ARCH Child Labor Free Zones (CLFZs). The CAA is intended to support the targeted communities to discover what assets and needs are important in preventing and responding to child labor. Of note, "Annex A: Community Advocates" in the document has been removed for privacy purposes. 

The purpose of this rapid market assessment was to identify and support the development of economically viable and sustainable livelihoods activities that will address long-term livelihood needs of targeted beneficiaries and communities in Liberia.

A qualitative assessment that explores labor practices throughout the supply chain of rubber production within Liberia, employee compensation and benefit structures, community engagement and relations, and policies and practices on child labor and occupational health and safety.

This reference material is an addendum to the School Management Committee Resource Handbook. This addendum introduces three important reference materials: Child Labour, Governance and Leadership. Child labour is captured under Section 2 (Access and participation) of the training manual. Leadership and governance is captured under section 3 (management efficiency). This addendum seeks to provide information to trainers/facilitators using the updated SMC Training Manual.

This SMC Training Manual seeks to provide basic guide for the training of School Management Committees. It seeks to help facilitators and SMCs understand what is already in the SMC Resource Manual. This Training Manual particularly focuses on issues of Child Labor and Education and has therefore expanded on topics under Child Rights in the Resource Manual. This is as a result of the greater recognition that the Ministry of Education and the Ghana Education Service and its development partners give to the issue of child labor and education. Contributions for this publication were provided by the Ghana National Education Campaign Coalition (GNECC) (with sponsorship from ActionAid and Big Lottery Fund) and the ILO-IPEC’s project RAF/10/54/USA, funded by the United States Department of Labor.

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 explaining what child labor is, indicators of child labor, and ways in which data pertaining to child labor can be collected and measured.

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.