Our international grants support projects to combat some of the most abusive labor practices, including the use of child labor, forced labor, and human trafficking in global supply chains. ILAB-funded projects also promote trade partners’ compliance with the labor requirements of U.S. trade agreements and preference programs – helping to ensure a fair global playing field for workers in the United States and around the world.
Results
Palma Futuro: Preventing and Reducing Child Labor and Forced Labor in Palm Oil Supply Chains01/01/2019 - 12/31/2024 This project works to improve the implementation of social compliance systems that promote acceptable conditions of work and the prevention and reduction of child and forced labor in palm oil supply chains in Colombia and Ecuador. It also disseminates best practices in social compliance systems in these and other palm oil producing countries, particularly Brazil and Peru. |
Partners of the Americas |
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Adwuma Pa11/16/2018 - 11/15/2023 The Adwuma Pa project worked to reduce the risk of child, forced, and exploitive labor practices of vulnerable women aged 18+ and adolescent girls aged 15–17 within 80 cocoa-producing communities across four districts in Ghana. |
Cooperative for Assistance and Relief Everywhere (CARE) |
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Combatting Child Labor in the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s Cobalt Industry (COTECCO)10/15/2018 - 10/16/2024 The COTECCO project works to address child labor in the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s (DRC) cobalt supply chain, with a focus on artisanal and small-scale mining. It supports key stakeholders to develop and implement strategies to reduce child labor and improve working conditions in artisanal and small-scale mines, as well as in the broader cobalt supply chain. |
International Labor Organization (ILO) |
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Pilares: Building the Capacity of Civil Society to Combat Child Labor and Improve Working Conditions in Colombia12/15/2017 - 05/30/2025 This project is building the capacity of civil society organizations to more effectively detect and combat child labor and other unacceptable working conditions (OUWC) in artisanal and small-scale mines in Colombia. Pilares formed networks of civil society organizations and empowered local communities to build grassroots movements to improve working conditions and reduce the risk that children will be used in this harmful work.
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Addressing Child Labor and Forced Labor in the Coffee Supply Chain in Honduras12/15/2017 - 12/31/2023 This project helps businesses establish systems to prevent, detect and eliminate child labor and other forms of labor exploitation from their supply chains. It is assembling a powerful coalition of coffee buyers to collectively incentivize compliance among suppliers. In doing so, the project promotes supply chains that are free of exploitative labor and helps to create a fair playing field for workers in the U.S. and around the world. |
International Labor Organization (ILO) |
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Colombia Avanza12/08/2017 - 10/31/2022 Colombia Avanza is building the capacity of civil society to more effectively combat child labor and other labor abuses in Colombia’s coffee sector. By raising awareness and connecting survivors of labor exploitation to services in two of the largest coffee-producing areas of Colombia, the project helps promote supply chains that are free of exploitative labor and that contribute to a fair playing field for workers in the U.S. and around the world. |
Partners of the Americas |
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Project to Reduce Child Labor and Improve Working Conditions in Agriculture in the Dominican Republic (FORMITRA)12/08/2017 - 12/31/2023 This project supported the Dominican government’s efforts to combat child labor and strengthen labor law enforcement. Building off the commitment of the Ministry of Labor, the project helped promote supply chains free of exploitative labor and a fair playing field for workers in the U.S. and around the world. |
International Labor Organization (ILO) |
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Combating Forced Labor and Labor Trafficking of Adults and Children12/01/2017 - 12/01/2025 This project builds the capacity of the government and businesses to expand and better coordinate ongoing labor trafficking enforcement efforts in Ghana, Côte d'Ivoire, and Benin. By putting the right tools in the hands of labor inspectors, business owners, workers, and service providers, the project will advance greater supply chain transparency and accountability. |
Verité |
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Cooperation On Fair, Free, Equitable Employment (COFFEE) Project12/01/2017 - 09/30/2025 The United States is the leading importer of coffee, with Brazil and Colombia as the top suppliers. But before that coffee reaches our cups, tens of millions of workers globally select, pick, and process the beans. Many of those workers are children – toiling in the fields rather than learning in school. To address this, the COFFEE project is supporting coffee workers and communities, bringing their voice, concerns, and solutions to the table. |
Verité |
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Supporting Sustainable and Child Labor Free Vanilla-Growing Communities in SAVA (SAVABE)11/01/2016 - 08/31/2020 The SAVABE project will aim to reduce child labor in the production of vanilla in the Sava region of Madagascar. The project will assist the vanilla industry to eliminate child labor in Madagascar’s vanilla supply chain and will build the capacity of Madagascar’s law enforcement to enforce child labor laws. |
International Labor Organization (ILO) |
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Palma Futuro: Preventing and Reducing Child Labor and Forced Labor in Palm Oil Supply Chains01/01/2019 - 12/31/2024 This project works to improve the implementation of social compliance systems that promote acceptable conditions of work and the prevention and reduction of child and forced labor in palm oil supply chains in Colombia and Ecuador. It also disseminates best practices in social compliance systems in these and other palm oil producing countries, particularly Brazil and Peru. |
Partners of the Americas |
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Adwuma Pa11/16/2018 - 11/15/2023 The Adwuma Pa project worked to reduce the risk of child, forced, and exploitive labor practices of vulnerable women aged 18+ and adolescent girls aged 15–17 within 80 cocoa-producing communities across four districts in Ghana. |
Cooperative for Assistance and Relief Everywhere (CARE) |
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Combatting Child Labor in the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s Cobalt Industry (COTECCO)10/15/2018 - 10/16/2024 The COTECCO project works to address child labor in the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s (DRC) cobalt supply chain, with a focus on artisanal and small-scale mining. It supports key stakeholders to develop and implement strategies to reduce child labor and improve working conditions in artisanal and small-scale mines, as well as in the broader cobalt supply chain. |
International Labor Organization (ILO) |
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Pilares: Building the Capacity of Civil Society to Combat Child Labor and Improve Working Conditions in Colombia12/15/2017 - 05/30/2025 This project is building the capacity of civil society organizations to more effectively detect and combat child labor and other unacceptable working conditions (OUWC) in artisanal and small-scale mines in Colombia. Pilares formed networks of civil society organizations and empowered local communities to build grassroots movements to improve working conditions and reduce the risk that children will be used in this harmful work.
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Pact |
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Addressing Child Labor and Forced Labor in the Coffee Supply Chain in Honduras12/15/2017 - 12/31/2023 This project helps businesses establish systems to prevent, detect and eliminate child labor and other forms of labor exploitation from their supply chains. It is assembling a powerful coalition of coffee buyers to collectively incentivize compliance among suppliers. In doing so, the project promotes supply chains that are free of exploitative labor and helps to create a fair playing field for workers in the U.S. and around the world. |
International Labor Organization (ILO) |
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Colombia Avanza12/08/2017 - 10/31/2022 Colombia Avanza is building the capacity of civil society to more effectively combat child labor and other labor abuses in Colombia’s coffee sector. By raising awareness and connecting survivors of labor exploitation to services in two of the largest coffee-producing areas of Colombia, the project helps promote supply chains that are free of exploitative labor and that contribute to a fair playing field for workers in the U.S. and around the world. |
Partners of the Americas |
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Project to Reduce Child Labor and Improve Working Conditions in Agriculture in the Dominican Republic (FORMITRA)12/08/2017 - 12/31/2023 This project supported the Dominican government’s efforts to combat child labor and strengthen labor law enforcement. Building off the commitment of the Ministry of Labor, the project helped promote supply chains free of exploitative labor and a fair playing field for workers in the U.S. and around the world. |
International Labor Organization (ILO) |
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Combating Forced Labor and Labor Trafficking of Adults and Children12/01/2017 - 12/01/2025 This project builds the capacity of the government and businesses to expand and better coordinate ongoing labor trafficking enforcement efforts in Ghana, Côte d'Ivoire, and Benin. By putting the right tools in the hands of labor inspectors, business owners, workers, and service providers, the project will advance greater supply chain transparency and accountability. |
Verité |
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Cooperation On Fair, Free, Equitable Employment (COFFEE) Project12/01/2017 - 09/30/2025 The United States is the leading importer of coffee, with Brazil and Colombia as the top suppliers. But before that coffee reaches our cups, tens of millions of workers globally select, pick, and process the beans. Many of those workers are children – toiling in the fields rather than learning in school. To address this, the COFFEE project is supporting coffee workers and communities, bringing their voice, concerns, and solutions to the table. |
Verité |
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Supporting Sustainable and Child Labor Free Vanilla-Growing Communities in SAVA (SAVABE)11/01/2016 - 08/31/2020 The SAVABE project will aim to reduce child labor in the production of vanilla in the Sava region of Madagascar. The project will assist the vanilla industry to eliminate child labor in Madagascar’s vanilla supply chain and will build the capacity of Madagascar’s law enforcement to enforce child labor laws. |
International Labor Organization (ILO) |
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