Educare Guyana is a three and a half year program which will directly benefit over 3,000 children. Funded by the U.S. Department of Labor, the program will improve 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, and a significant number of these are involved or at risk of involvement in the Worst Forms of Child Labor (WFCL).  High levels of poverty and a weak educational system have forced children into the work force, where they are subjected to hazardous work environments, contact with dangerous machinery, exposure to HIV/AIDS or other serious diseases, sexual exploitation, and trafficking in persons.

With the goal to reduce and eventually eliminate the WFCL in Guyana, EDUCARE works to raise awareness about child labor and to strengthen policies, institutions, and the educational system.  EDUCARE Guyana works at both the national and regional levels. EDUCARE will benefit from Partners EDUCAR program in Brazil, which also combats child labor in the Brazilian northeast.

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