WEBVTT 00:00:29.000 --> 00:00:34.680 welcome to Erussi sub county, located near Uganda's border in the West Nile. 00:00:34.680 --> 00:00:39.210 In this region, issues related to Child Labor are at the core of our program. 00:00:39.210 --> 00:00:42.540 Our goal is to eliminate Child Labor from certified farms. 00:00:42.800 --> 00:00:46.480 Unfortunately, no system can guarantee that there is no Child Labor 00:00:46.840 --> 00:00:49.440 on any certified farm at any time throughout the year. 00:00:49.760 --> 00:00:53.560 Which is why, to fully eradicate it, we need a powerful coalition 00:00:54.240 --> 00:00:57.080 of many different stakeholders including local communities, 00:00:57.520 --> 00:01:00.760 civil society, companies and governments. 00:01:01.040 --> 00:01:03.840 Our vision is an empowered poverty free society 00:01:04.320 --> 00:01:07.880 and exactly poverty seems to be the reason in quotes 00:01:08.400 --> 00:01:12.400 to many communities as to why they are practicing Child Labor. 00:01:31.960 --> 00:01:38.760 Our code of conduct looks at addressing issues of Child Labor within certification, 00:01:39.060 --> 00:01:42.800 so our members mandated to comply. 00:01:43.240 --> 00:01:47.740 We partnered with Hivos, Kyagalanyi, CEFORD and UNATU. 00:01:48.300 --> 00:01:52.840 Kyagalanyi is one of the biggest coffee traders in the West Nile region. 00:01:53.160 --> 00:01:57.760 They realized extra efforts were needed in order to tackle the Child Labor issues. 00:01:58.120 --> 00:02:00.960 They initiated the Child Labor Free Zone. 00:02:01.280 --> 00:02:05.060 This is a Stop Child Labour / Hivos project and is aiming to stop Child Labor 00:02:05.420 --> 00:02:07.800 in Erussi sub county. 00:02:08.120 --> 00:02:10.920 The project began as a pilot in Erussi were Kyagalanyi 00:02:11.220 --> 00:02:12.960 partnered with the local government. 00:02:13.240 --> 00:02:18.040 Followed by CEFORD, a local NGO supported by Stop Child Labour / Hivos, 00:02:18.320 --> 00:02:22.800 the teachers union UNATU and the UTZ certification program. 00:02:22.800 --> 00:02:28.320 ♪ Celebrating to stop Child Labor ♪ 00:02:30.140 --> 00:02:35.360 A Child Labor Free Zone is a geographic setting where the community 00:02:35.600 --> 00:02:40.500 has come together and agreed on a norm that Child Labor is unacceptable 00:02:40.780 --> 00:02:44.980 and they will do everything in their power to prevent Child Labor. 00:02:45.260 --> 00:02:51.120 So the principle is that all children must be in formal full-time schooling 00:02:51.400 --> 00:02:54.760 and any child who is not in formal full-time schooling 00:02:55.100 --> 00:02:59.140 is either a Child Laborer or a potential Child Laborer. 00:02:59.440 --> 00:03:02.980 A Child Labor Free Zone is an area based approach 00:03:03.220 --> 00:03:07.360 where you start small and then you scale up. 00:03:07.640 --> 00:03:11.520 The first thing you do when you are setting up a Child Labor Free Zone 00:03:11.840 --> 00:03:14.820 is to begin with the setting up 00:03:15.060 --> 00:03:19.080 and changing people's attitude towards Child Labor. 00:03:19.380 --> 00:03:23.360 And that begins with very simple work of engaging with the communities. 00:03:45.020 --> 00:03:48.500 With the individual household trainings we address the issue 00:03:48.700 --> 00:03:53.280 of Child Labor and look at it from the different forms that it may manifest. 00:03:53.640 --> 00:03:58.260 If we identify, one of the ways to eradicate is not just to say: 00:03:58.640 --> 00:04:01.660 The household should be out completely of the scheme 00:04:01.960 --> 00:04:06.380 but we work with the community and other organizations 00:04:06.700 --> 00:04:14.040 and we try to find the reason why this household has Child Labor issues 00:04:14.340 --> 00:04:19.620 and then see a way to address it and eradicate it once and for all. 00:04:19.840 --> 00:04:24.360 We train people to save money and this we do mostly 00:04:24.580 --> 00:04:26.900 during the VSLA trainings. 00:04:27.260 --> 00:04:28.360 And we tell them: 00:04:28.560 --> 00:04:32.820 if you are earning this can you save a percentage to do ABCD. 00:04:33.140 --> 00:04:38.120 This has helped us so much in the Child Labor Free Zone approach. 00:04:51.480 --> 00:04:56.100 What interests me the most about the Child Labor Free Zone aspect 00:04:56.440 --> 00:05:03.540 is seeing so many partners, with different views, with different working styles, 00:05:03.900 --> 00:05:08.720 and different objectives, all coming together to fight one aspect 00:05:09.040 --> 00:05:10.240 and that is Child Labor. 00:05:44.880 --> 00:05:50.560 Join us in our journey to eliminate Child Labor in the agricultural sector.