We document and disseminate various results, trainings, and resources from our research, programs, and projects.
Due to increased urbanization in Nepal, child labor in the transportation sector has emerged as a major social challenge; children work long hours to operate vehicles in highly polluted environments. This status report highlights the Brighter Futures Programs efforts to provide education opportunities such as vocational training and school scholarships for child transport workers. The…
The end of the civil war in Nepal brought an explosion of the adult entertainment sector and, as a result, an increase in the number of children being sexually exploited. This report provides background information about the child trafficking situation in Nepal and highlights ways that the Brighter Futures Program worked to withdraw girls from…
The children who work in this labor sector are often runaways, orphans, abandoned children, and children of poor migrant families who do not have access to educational opportunities. This report highlights World Education's work with the Brighter Futures Program to assist child laborers in the recycling industry through nonformal education programs, curriculum development, scholarship aid,…
Children working in the mining industry face dangers from the work environment as well as daily risks of accident and injury. This report outlines how World Education and its partners in the Brighter Futures Program have implemented nonformal education programs, vocational trainings, and family livelihood development activities to help children who are involved with mining….
This document focuses on the ways that World Education and the Brighter Futures Program have assisted children working as domestic helpers in private homes in Nepal. The booklet highlights nonformal education, vocational education, and economic education programs, as well as other services such as child protection committees, community mobilization projects, and local government and private…
While the legal removal of child labor from the production of carpets has been a major success story for Nepal, structured education programs and constant vigilance are needed to keep up this achievement. This report explores ways that World Educations Brighter Futures Program (BFP) used educational programsincluding nonformal classes, vocational training, open learning centers, and…
Rapid population growth and increased urbanization in Nepal have created a demand for brick workers. Many of these workers are migrant children whose families have moved from rural areas in search of work. This booklet presents an overview of the child labor situation in the brick industry, as well as strategies being implemented to address…
Child porters are those who carry loads for income. These children, typically the poorest of the poor, are often encouraged to miss school and carry heavy loads in order to earn extra cash to support their families. This report highlights World Education's efforts through the Brighter Futures Program to assist children working in portering. The…
Worldwide, the use of child soldiers is seen as one of the worst forms of child labor; during the People's War in Nepal, many children under the age of 18 became involved with different armed groups. This document highlights how World Education and its partners in the Brighter Futures Program used community sensitization and reintegration…
While the rate of HIV infection in Ghana is relatively low (2.7%) compared to that of many other African nations, this figure corresponds to the state of the epidemic in some African countries only 10 years ago. With the threat of this epidemic in mind, this trainee manual was designed as a guide for future…
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