Conducting
a Planning Analysis to Develop Intervention Strategies
for Abusive Child in Ghana
April 2002
 IIn
April 2002, the BEPS child labor team conducted a planning
analysis to examine child labor in Ghana, identifying the
factors that influence children’s participation in
education programs, and the programs and activities already
in place that address the needs of working children. The
team also worked to develop feasible pilot project intervention
strategies to provide educational opportunities to working
children in Ghana, especially those involved in abusive forms
of child labor. The team identified NGOs that could assist
the Sustainable Tree Crop Program, a USAID-funded public-private
partnership that seeks to raise the income and quality of
life in cocoa-producing communities, in designing integrated
child labor strategies to be funded by international donors.
With
an eye to developing educational and other intervention strategies
for children in abusive labor situations, the
analysis was conducted predominantly in the cocoa industry.
The results have led to the development of a pilot project
in Ghana, which seeks to combat abusive child labor through
the development of a life skills/literacy curriculum. The
program includes audiotapes, textbooks, and interactive training
tools, as well as a child labor, worker safety, and HIV/AIDS
radio social marketing campaign in Ghana.
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