Country Programme to Combat Child Labour in Malawi

Development objective: To contribute to the progressive elimination of the worst forms of child labour in Malawi a. Promotion of an enabling social, political and legislative environment leading to effective action against child labour, including the main crosscutting outcomes (development of a national plan and capacity building at the national level, national-level awareness raising and work towards the harmonization of legislation). b. Effective direct action with girls, boys and families to prevent child labour and to withdraw and rehabilitate child labourers in two selected sectors of intervention: agriculture and child domestic labour. The selection of the two sectors has been decided upon because nearly 70% of child labour happens in these sectors. This will be done in selected districts of the country through work on education, vocational training, income generation, protection for OVCs, local awareness-raising efforts and extension of child labour monitoring systems.

Project symbol

MLW/05/50/USA

Admin unit

CO-Lusaka

Start date

30/09/2005

End date

15/06/2010

Total allocation

2050548

Total expenditure

Status

Closed

2050774

Development Partners

USA, United States Department of Labor, Bureau for International Labor Affairs, Office of Child Labor, Forced Labor and Human Trafficking

Country/Countries

Malawi

Outcomes

Child Labour