Educare Guyana was a three and a half year program that directly benefited more than 3,000 children. Funded by the U.S. Department of Labor, the program improved the effectiveness of and access to education for children exploited in and/or vulnerable to the worst forms of child labor in Guyana. 

Education is one of children’s most basic rights, but in Guyana it is estimated that up to 27% of children undertake some form of work, with a significant number in the Worst Forms of Child Labor (WFCL).  High levels of poverty and a weak educational system have forced children into the workforce, where they are subjected to hazardous work environments, put in contact with dangerous machinery, and exposed to HIV/AIDS or other serious diseases, sexual exploitation, and trafficking in persons.

With the goal of reducing and eventually eliminating the WFCL in Guyana, EDUCARE worked to raise awareness about child labor and to strengthen policies, institutions, and the educational system.