Zanzibar launches campaign against child labour

Written by ISSA YUSSUF in Zanzibar

PARENTS and guardians in Zanzibar have been asked to work closely with teachers in fighting hazardous child labour.

The call was made here by Ms Halima Tawakal, an official with the Zanzibar Ministry of Education and Vocational Training, Department of Alternative and Adult Education, at a meeting with parents to try to address the child labour in the Isles.

She asked parents and teachers to make sure children attend school and stop indulging in labour which exposes them to hazardous work. According to the International Labour Organisation (ILO) and WHO, hazardous work is the worst form of labour that endangers the child’s physical, mental or psychological well-being.

The list harzadous labour include plantation work, breaking stones, and fishing. Tanzania Media Women Association (TAMWA) is implementing a project to rescue children from labour and send them back to school.

The project is being implemented in South Unguja Region, under the sponsorship of the European Union (EU) and managed by the Ministry of Labour and Cooperative Economic Empowerment and Conservation Agency Child (Save The Children).

Source: Daily News (31/10/2012): http://www.dailynews.co.tz/index.php/local-news/11050-zanzibar-launches-campaign-against-child-labour