Child Labour in India: Causes, Governmental Policies and the Role of Education - by Mitesh Badiwala http://www.geocities.com/CollegePark/Library/9175/inquiry1.htm Don't Buy It - Get Media Smart! from PBS Kids http://pbskids.org/dontbuyit/ http://pbskids.org/ Children spend the majority of their days consuming mass media. On average, children spend four-and-a-half hours a day using television, video games, and computers. Yet children are not provided with the tools needed to evaluate and analyze the media messages they see. Teachers have the ability to engage students in media literacy — the ability to access, evaluate, analyze and produce both electronic and print media — by dissecting pop culture and advertisements. Media literacy education can help students build critical thinking and analytic skills, become more discriminating in the use of mass media, distinguish between reality and fantasy and consider whether media values are their values. The activities provided at the Web site are intended for children ages 9–11. Notable Feature(s): Teachers' Guide; Parents' Guide. Contact Information: Email: dontbuyit@kcts.org Tobacco TNCs Shed Crocodile Tears for Child Labor in India - by Ranjit Dev Raj http://www.globalissues.net/NewsText.asp?ID=1585507853 A Way of Seeing - The Work of Robert Coles: A Bibliographic Essay by Scott London http://www.scottlondon.com/articles/coles.html Robert Coles is a child psychiatrist, professor at Harvard University, and author of more than fifty books. He is best known for his explorations of children's lives and books that explore their moral, political, and spiritual sensibilities. He is also known as an eloquent spokesman for voluntary and community service. Coles describes himself variously as a doctor, child psychiatrist, oral historian, social anthropologist, teacher, friend, storyteller, busybody, and nuisance. Interviewers, journalists, and reviewers often seize on the apparent contradictions -- he is a physician without a conventional practice who teaches college literature; a psychiatrist who rejects much of the language of his field; and a Harvard academic who spends much of his time volunteering in ghetto schools.... Coles refers to the method behind his explorations of children's lives as "documentary child psychiatry." Abrinq Foundation for Children's Rights (Fundação Abrinq) http://www.fundabrinq.org.br/ http://www.iyfnet.org/document.cfm/37 The Abrinq Foundation for Children's Rights (Fundação Abrinq) was founded in 1990 by Brazilian business leaders. Fundação Abrinq's mission is to sensitize and to mobilize society around children's issues, promoting social and business engagement. It does this through political action in defense of their rights and through exemplary actions that may be disseminated and multiplied. Strategic areas include political action, support of youth-serving programs, and fundraising. Fundação Abrinq has expanded its activities to most regions of Brazil and has established itself as a leader in youth development and the NGO/foundation sector nationwide. Abrinq's principal areas of interest include defense of rights, health, education & culture, child labor, and family & community. Notable Feature(s): A host of valuable programs: www.fundabrinq.org.br/telas/frame_programas.htm ; site materials in Portuguese. Contact Information: Fundação Abrinq Rua Lisboa 224 Sao Paolo-SP   05413-000 Brazil Telephone: 55 11 881 0699   Fax: 55 11 881 0699 Email: info@fundabrinq.org.br Background papers on child workers in Asia http://www.cwa.tnet.co.th/booklet/Contents.htm Butterflies, a New Delhi NGO working with street children http://learning.indiatimes.com/organizations/enable/butterfliesorg.htm Delhi's street children have set up an alternative forum for themselves. They meet, discuss problems, and publish their own newspaper. Butterflies works with the children through Bal Sabhas (children's councils) which meet wherever the children normally gather - there are no centres. The children have set up the Bal Mazdoor Union and produce a bi-monthly Hindi newspaper, Bal Mazdoor Ki Awaz. Contact Information: Ms. Rita Panicker Butterflies U - 40, Green Park New Delhi India Telephone: 616 3935   Fax: 619 6117 Casa Alianza http://www.casa-alianza.org/EN/index-en.shtml Casa Alianza is an independent, nonprofit organization dedicated to the rehabilitation and defense of street children in Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico and Nicaragua. Contact Information: Email: info@casa-alianza.org Casa Alianza http://www.casa-alianza.org/EN/about/ http://www.covenanthouse.org Casa Alianza is an independent, nonprofit organisation dedicated to the rehabilitation and defense of street children in Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico and Nicaragua. Casa Alianza is the Latin American branch of the New York-based Covenant House. A leading advocate of children's rights in the region, Casa Alianza is headquartered in San José, Costa Rica. Notable Feature(s): Last minute news. Contact Information: Bruce Harris, Executive Director for Latin American Programs Covenant House 346 West 17th Street New York, NY   10011 USA Telephone: 212.727.4000   Fax: 212.727.4992 Email: rhmail@covcorp.org Centro Italiano di Solidarietà di Roma (CeIS) http://www.ceis.it/index.htm Il Centro Italiano di Solidarietà di Roma (CeIS) è nato alla fine gli anni 60, come gruppo di volontariato, una porta aperta sulla strada per accogliere e sostenere persone in difficoltà, in particolare giovani, emarginati e famiglie disgregate. Nello stesso tempo si è posto come osservatore attento della realtà del territorio e come provocatore delle istituzioni e della pubblica opinione per una migliore qualità della vita, una maggiore presenza di servizi efficienti e accessibili, e il pieno rispetto dei diritti di persone portatrici di sofferenza e difficoltà e a rischio di emarginazione ed esclusione sociale. La filosofia che lo ha guidato, allora come oggi, era l'attenzione alla persona umana nella sua integrità, piena dignità e libertà. Notable Feature(s): Extensive archive of articles from the magazine il delfino on youth, education, work, family, international cooperation, chemical and other substance dependency, the voluntary sector, biodiversity, and manay other topics; English language version of the site is under construction (02.03). Contact Information: Centro Italiano di Solidarietà di Roma (CeIS) via A. Ambrosini, 129 00147 Roma Italia Telephone: 0039.06.541951   Fax: 0039.06.5407304 Email: ceis@ceis.it Child Care Initiatives and Social Change http://www.changemakers.net/library/fieldlink.cfm?field=Child+Care+Initiatives+and+Social+Change A directory of organizations, articles, and other resources. Child Labor http://www.changemakers.net/library/fieldlink.cfm?field=Child+Labor A large collection of global resources focused on the problems of and solutions to child labor. Child Labor Coalition (CLC) http://www.stopchildlabor.org The Child Labor Coalition (CLC) exists to serve as a national network for the exchange of information about child labor; provide a forum and a unified voice on protecting working minors and ending child labor exploitation; and develop public education to combat child labor abuses and promote progressive initiatives. Contact Information: The Child Labor Coalition c/o National Consumers League 1701 K Street, N.W., Suite 1200 Washington, DC   20006 USA Telephone: 202.835.3323   Fax: 202.835.0747 Email: info@stopchildlabor.org Child Labour News Service (CLNS) http://www.globalmarch.org/ http://www.globalmarch.org/clns/index.html Child Labour News Service (CLNS), managed by the Global March Against Child Labour, is an attempt to streamline the international flow of information on child labour. It aims to raise key issues related to child labour and highlight the long neglected problems, as well as look for practical responses to solutions. In addition to other efforts, CLNS is addressing the September 11, 2001 world struggles to comprehend the attacks in the USA and the disturbing number of blind calls for bloody revenge. The most vulnerable victims of such terrors have been coming to terms with their own anger and are demanding sustainable, nonviolent solutions to eliminate global terrorism. Children are most often the worst victims of terrorism, social strife, and war. Thousands of children in the world have been killed, separated from their families, orphaned, and physically, emotionally, and psychologically scarred by such violence, often deliberately targeted at them. Moreover, high military spending by governments, in the name of security, reduces the amount of funds available for social programs and thus limits children's opportunities to receive basic health care, education, and access to the daily amenities they require for their survival. Directly or indirectly, children's lives are sacrificed to pay for the wars of adults. Notable Feature(s): Campaign Against Child Trafficking; valuable news and information via fortnightly email newsletter; Domestic Child Labour; virtual library of materials about domestic child labour and initiatives to eliminate it and other forms of child abuse around the world. Contact Information: Upasana Choudhry, Editor Child Labour News Service c/o GMIS L-6 Kalkaji New Delhi   110019 India Telephone: (91 11) 622 4899   Fax: (91 11) 623 6818 Email: yatra@del2.vsnl.net.in childhood@globalmarch.org Child Labour Today http://www.globalmarch.org/child_labour_today/index.html Child Rights Information Network (CRIN) http://www.crin.org/ Child Slavery Ban Agreed http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/newsid_371000/371665.stm Child Workers in Asia http://www.cwa.tnet.co.th/index.html CWA is a network of NGOs and individuals involved in the child labour movement in various countries in Asia. Recognizing that the most effective way to create change is through grass-roots involvement and local advocacy, CWA has worked over the last ten years to foster the development of child focused non government organizations across Asia. Notable Feature(s): Newsletter; links; comprehensive collection of country papers on child labor issues and strategies in Asia. Contact Information: Child Workers in Asia P.O. Box 29 Chantrakasem Post Office Bangkok   10904 Thailand Telephone: +662) 930-0855   Fax: (+662) 930-0856 Email: cwanet@loxinfo.co.th Children and the City Conference Papers http://www.araburban.org/childcity/english/home.html#Papers A collection of refereed papers from the December 2002 conference in Amman, Jordan on issues pertaining to the condition of children around the world in the cities where they live. Children's Health and Human Rights Global Coverage of Children's Health and Human Rights Issues http://www.fxb.org/health/child/child.htm Children's Rights - Across the World http://boes.org/justice.html Boes.org's ambition is to provide the full text of The Convention on the Rights of the Child, in a large number of languages, to other seriously engaged organizations - to universities, high schools and colleges - all over the world, through mutual Internet links. Notable Feature(s): A vast number of multilingual links to the Convention; news; activities; links directory Children's Rights 2002 - Human Rights Watch World Report http://hrw.org/wr2k2/children.html Contact Information: Human Rights Watch 350 Fifth Avenue, 34th Floor New York, NY   10118-3299 USA Children's Vaccine Program http://www.childrensvaccine.org/ http://www.childrensvaccine.org/homepage.htm The Bill and Melinda Gates Children's Vaccine Program believes that it is a human right and a moral obligation that all of the world's children should have equal and timely access to new, life-saving vaccines. The Program initially is focusing on vaccines that protect children against respiratory, diarrheal, and liver disease. Global use of these vaccines will reduce childhood deaths by 33% and reduce liver cancer deaths by 75%. Most CVP activities are carried out by our partners including the World Health Organization, UNICEF, the World Bank, nongovernmental organizations, and national governments. CVP is a founding member of GAVI, the new global alliance whose mission we share. Notable Feature(s): Information resources on immunization and vaccines, material for parents and teens, clinical issues, health care professionals, conferences. Contact Information: Bill and Melinda Gates Children's Vaccine Program PATH (Program for Appropriate Technology in Health) 4 Nickerson Street Seattle, Washington   98109-1699 USA Telephone: 206.285.3500   Fax: 206.285.6619 Email: info@childrensvaccine.org CivicSource News http://civicsource.org/ Resources for Community Leaders and Grassroots Organizers. Notable Feature(s): Fields included: Children, Youth and Families, Community Development,Environment, Government and Public Policy, Health Organizational Development, Social Justice; links. Concerned for Working Children (CWC) http://www.workingchild.org/ This Karnataka (India) state Web site believes that the problems of working children around the world can be solved by working with local governments, communities and working children themselves to implement viable, comprehensive, sustainable and appropriate solutions in partnership with everyone involved. Notable Feature(s): Children as Researchers; updated news and reports on child labourers; methodologies for interventions. Contact Information: CWC 303/2 L B Shastri Nagar Vimanapura Post Bangalore, Karnataka   560 017 India Telephone: 0091-80-5234611   Fax: 0091-80-5234258 Email: cwc@pobox.com Concerned for Working Children (CWC), Karnataka state, India http://www.workingchild.org/ Connect for Kids http://www.connectforkids.org/ http://www.connectforkids.org/usr_doc/communitiesj.html This Benton Foundation program provides a vast array of materials useful to making the world safer for children and providing them with better opportunities in their communities. Notable Feature(s): Articles and resources show the many ways adults are working to educate children at home, in the community and as partners in schools; free e-mail monthly bulletin highlights original articles, profiles and interviews. Contact Information: Larry Kirkman, Publisher, Connect for Kids President, The Benton Foundation 950 18th Street, N.W. Washington, DC   20006 USA Fax: 202.638.5771 Email: larryk@benton.org Convention on the Rights of the Child http://www.unicef.org/crc/ Contact Information: UNICEF House 3 United Nations Plaza New York, NY   10017 USA Telephone: 212.326.7000   Fax: 212.887.7454 Email: http://www.unicef.org Convention on the Rights of the Child http://www.unicef.org/crc/crc.htm Cool Planet http://www.oxfam.org.uk/coolplanet/index.htm An initiative of Oxfam, an organization that has made elimination of poverty its mission around the world. Notable Feature(s): Educational materials, teachers' pages, personal testimonies, project information. Contact Information: Email: coolplanet@oxfam.org.uk Corporate Voices for Working Families http://www.cvworkingfamilies.org/index.html Corporate Voices for Working Families is a nonpartisan, nonprofit corporate membership organization created to bring the private sector voice into the public dialogue on issues affecting working families. Its mission is to bring business leaders, corporate perspectives and working-family expertise to the table with policymakers and activists to develop, share and achieve solutions. The organization believes that the business case is clear but has not been clearly articulated in federal or state policy discussions and that Corporate Voices will add a much-needed dimension to such discussions. Notable Feature(s): Issues & Answers - examples of corporate leadership and innovation in linking work and family; Innovations. Contact Information: Donna Klein, President & CEO Corporate Voices for Working Families 1899 L Street, NW Suite 250 Washington, D.C.   20036 USA Telephone: 202.429.0573   Email: DKlein@CVWorkingFamilies.org Defence for Children International (DCI) http://www.defence-for-children.org/ Defense for Children International (DCI) http://www.defence-for-children.org/ DCI is an independent non-governmental organisation set up during the International Year of the Child (1979) to ensure on-going, practical , systematic and concerted international action specially directed towards promoting and protecting the rights of the child. DCI aims include fostering awareness about , and solidarity around, children's rights situations, issues and initiatives throughout the world; seeking, promoting and implementing the most effective means of securing the protection of the rights in concrete situations, from both a preventative and curative standpoint. One critical goal is to work for improved international standards in the children's rights sphere. DCI is an international movement which has membership of both individuals and organisations involved with or supporting its work in over 60 countries on all continents, national sections in 50 countries and subscribers, correspondents and information exchange agreements in many more. It has consultative status with the United Nations Economic and Social Council , with UNICEF, with UNESCO and with the Council of Europe. Notable Feature(s): Publications and additional information are available from the DCI headquarters. Contact Information: Defence for Children International 1 rue de Varembe PO Box 88 Geneva 20   1221 Switzerland Email: dci-hq@pingnet.ch ECLT Foundation http://www.eclt.org/index.html The ECLT Foundation is based upon a unique partnership between the trade unions, the tobacco growers and the corporate sector that addresses one of the most pressing issues facing us in the era of globalisation: child labour. Its goal is to contribute to the elimination of child labour in the tobacco growing sector in order to provide children with an upbringing that gives them the best chance to succeed in all aspects of life. Notable Feature(s): Program guidelines; best practice information on case studies in Mexico and Brazil; news; directory of international, NGO and other organizations and corporations involved in trying to eliminate child labor, particularly in tobacco growing. Contact Information: ECLT Foundation 28 rue du Village 1214 Vernier Geneva Switzerland Telephone: +41 22 306 1444   Fax: +41 22 306 1449 Email: eclt@eclt.org Education World http://www.education-world.com/a_lesson/lesson025.shtml Kids Helping Kids, UNICEF Kit Teaches Kids about Child Labor, a free teaching kit from UNICEF builds student awareness about the worldwide problem of child labor. Included: Information about UNICEF's Kids Speak Up for Kids Essay Contest. Notable Feature(s): Educational materials available for download . Contact Information: Telephone: 800.FOR.KIDS   Email: webmaster@educationworld.com First Book http://www.firstbook.org/ First Book is a national nonprofit organization with a single mission: to give children from low-income families the opportunity to read and own their first new books. The primary goal of First Book is to work with existing literacy programs to distribute new books to children who, for economic reasons, have little or no access to books. In the last two years alone, First Book has provided almost 15 million new books to children in need in hundreds of communities nationwide. In the years since First Book's founding, educators and policymakers have become acutely aware of the need to develop strong community-based resource programs for low-income children, which is precisely the focus of First Book at the local level. One recent report funded by the Packard and MacArthur Foundations found that the average child growing up in a middle class family has been exposed to 1,000 to 1,700 hours of one-on-one picture book reading before entering school. The average child growing up in a low-income family, however, has only been exposed to 25 hours of one-on-one reading during this same time period. All books distributed by First Book are provided at no cost to the child or program. With the support of First Book, these programs are able-often for the first time-to develop a curriculum around the books they select, share these books with participating children, and enable these children to share the magic of their new books with siblings and other family members at home. A key strategy for implementation success is harnessing the First Book model to the strength of the business community. Notable Feature(s): Newsletter reporting on First Book initiatives and partnerships around the country and plans to launch internationally. Contact Information: Kyle Zimmer, President & Co-Founder First Book National Office 1319 F Street, NW Suite 1000 Washington, DC   20004-1155 USA Telephone: 202.393.1222   Fax: 202.628.1258 Email: staff@firstbook.org Food Force - UN's World Food Programme video game to combat world hunger http://www.food-force.com/ http://www.wfp.org/english/ The Rome-based WFP is the world's largest humanitarian organization, helping to feed 113 million people in 80 countries in 2005. Capturing the mushrooming interest in video games (two million downloads in six months), this free game is an innovative way of engaging young people 8 to 13 in social issues, specifically here, solving the intractable problem of world hunger. Various levels of difficulty challenge children to tackle the issue and understand the complex factors that keep people malnourished and in poor health. Each game "mission" begins with a briefing by a Food Force character who explains the challenge, and ends by presenting follow-up actions and a report of how the WFP responds to actual food shortages. Notable Feature(s): Food Force is offered in many different languages; tools for teachers, including lesson plans for various grade levels. Contact Information: World Food Programme Via C.G.Viola 68 Parco dei Medici 00148 Rome Italy Telephone: +39-06-65131   Fax: +39-06-6513 2840 Email: info@food-force.com wfpinfo@wfp.org Free the Children International http://www.freethechildren.org/ Games for Change http://www.gamesforchange.org/ http://www.seriousgames.org/gamesforchange/ Games for Change seeks to advance social change through the use of digital games and to facilitate the involvement of nonprofit organizations. A sub-group of the Serious Games Initiative, Games for Change was co-founded in 2004 by NetAid, a nonprofit that fights global poverty; Global Kids, Inc., a nonprofit educational organization; and the think tank WebLab. The idea of using digital games for more than fun remains an unfamiliar concept for many, even though half the U.S. population ages six and older plays video games. Yet the counter-examples are starting to add up. "We're finally starting to see examples of videogames that positively inspire and empower our youth," said Benjamin Stokes, Games for Change co-founder and a program manager at NetAid, the New York-based independent non-profit organization that fights global poverty. "Just as documentary filmmakers use their medium to address important social issues, so too can games deeply engage audiences around the pressing issues of our day," said Suzanne Seggerman, Games for Change co-founder and Project Director at WebLab. Notable Feature(s): Background materials on Games for Change and partner activities and networking; GamesForChange Wiki. Contact Information: The Serious Games Initiative Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars 1300 Pennsylvania Ave., NW Washington, DC   20004-3027 U.S.A. Telephone: 202.691.4255   Email: suzanne@weblab.org Gateway to Child Labor http://www.globalissues.net/CatMain.asp?CategoryName=Child+Labor This site offers a dynamic global portal to the issue of child labor. Notable Feature(s): News, articles, literature, discussion groups, study guides, fact sheets, links and more. Global Campaign for Education (GCE) http://www.campaignforeducation.org/_html/home/welcome/frameset.shtml At the dawn of a new millennium, development NGOs and teachers unions operating in 180 countries have joined forces to launch the Global Campaign for Education (GCE). GCE seeks to make governments liable for the fact that 125 million children world-wide are denied access to basic education and that moreover, one adult in every three - representing an additional 880 million people - is illiterate. Notable Feature(s): A Global Action Plan for Education; resources for media; contact directory of organizations involved; Spanish and French versions of the site. Contact Information: Global Campaign for Education c/o Education International Bld. Du Roi Albert II, 5 (8th floor) 1210 Brussels Belgium Telephone: 32 (2) 224 06 11   Fax: +32 2 224 06 06 Email: anne@campaignforeducation.org webeditor@campaignforeducation.org Global Campaign Will Put Every Child In School http://www.changemakers.net/library/pressrelease.cfm Global Gateway to Child Labor News and Issues http://www.globalissues.net/CatMain.asp?CategoryName=Child+Labor Global Information Network In Education (GINIE) http://www.ginie.org/ GINIE contributes to providing educational services to citizens of or refugees from nations in emergency or post-emergency transition. GINIE assists governments, international organizations, and NGOs with on-line information, both current and historical, on crisis- and change-oriented educational services and materials. GINIE is an on-line repository of information on education in nations in crisis and in transition, preserving high quality materials, tools and plans developed in one situation that may be adapted for use in other situations. Notable Feature(s): Reference Desk; program description. Contact Information: GINIE Institute for International Studies in Education University of Pittsburgh 5K01 Forbes Quadrangle Pittsburgh, PA   15260 USA Telephone: 412.624.1775   Fax: 412.624.2609 Email: ginie-response@ginie1.sched.pitt.edu Global March Against Child Labour http://www.globalmarch.org/main.html Contact Information: Global March International Secretariat L-6 Kalkaji New Delhi-19 India Telephone: (91 11) 622-4899   Fax: (91 11) 623-6818 Email: yatra@del2.vsnl.net.in childhood@globalmarch.org Global Movement for Children (GMFC) http://www.gmfc.org/ The Global Movement for Children is a collective global force devoted to creating a world where every child has the right to dignity, security and self-fulfilment. It is not a new organization. Rather, it allows people and organizations from around the world that have long been working for the cause of children's rights to come together, using the power of the Internet to share resources and ideas. The Movement is founded on the belief that now is the time to take action for children, and that the well-being of children and adolescents is fundamental to human development. Notable Feature(s): Numerous "action" initiatives for global participation. Contact Information: David Morrison, President, NetAid.org Email: newsletter@netaid.org Human Rights Watch – Children http://www.hrw.org/worldreport99/children/ http://www.hrw.org/about/projects/children.html Images of Child Labor http://www.childlaborphotoproject.org/index.html Child Labor and the Global Village: Photography for Social Change is a team of 11 photographers who will be photographing child workers around the globe. By photographing individual children in their worlds - their families, communities, countries - the initiative hopes to see behind the child labor label. Child labor is the result of a complex set of factors: poverty; lack of schools; poor health care; war; and many others. Solutions must meet the needs of individual children and those children must be known individually. This Tides Center project originated in the heart and mind of Los Angeles photographer Julia Dean. Drawing inspiration from the Farm Security Administration photojournalists of the 1930s and 1940s, Dean assembled three nationally known photo editors to help her select an international team of 11 talented photojournalists. The team also recruited a director of photography and two writers. Notable Feature(s): Individual stories and accompanying photographs, for example, the one on Brick Makers in Peru, Ernesto Bazan, photographer; Child Labor FAQs and links. Contact Information: Julia Dean c/o The Tides Center The Presidio PO Box 29907 San Francisco, CA   94129-0907 U.S.A. Telephone: 415.561.6300   Fax: 415.561.6301 Email: julia@juliadean.com International Child Art Foundation (ICAF) http://www.icaf.org/ The International Child Art Foundation (ICAF), a Washington, DC based non-profit 501(c)(3) organization, celebrates and promotes children's art, imagination and creativity globally. Using art as a universal language, ICAF advances communication and cooperation among the world's children and inspires them to be creative in meeting challenges of the 21st century. Contact Information: International Child Art Foundation 1350 Connecticut Avenue NW Suite 1225 [ P.O. Box 33099, Washington, DC 20033-0099] Washington, DC   20036-1702 USA Telephone: 202.530.1000   Fax: 202.530.1080 Email: childart@icaf.org International Child Labor Program http://www.dol.gov/ilab/programs/iclp/main.htm Contact Information: International Child Labor Program US Department of Labor 200 Constitution Avenue, N.W. Room S5303 Washington, DC   20210 USA Telephone: 202.208.4843   Fax: 202.219.4923 Email: GlobalKids@dol.gov International Labor Rights Fund (ILRF) http://www.laborrights.org/about/index.html The International Labor Rights Fund (ILRF), a nonprofit action and advocacy organization, uses new and creative means to encourage enforcement of international labor rights. LRF pursues legal and administrative actions on behalf of working people, creates innovative programs and enforcement mechanisms to protect workers' rights, and advocates for better protections for workers through its publications, testimony before national and international hearings, and speeches to academic, religious, and human rights groups. The ILRF focuses on linking trade expansion to enforcement of internationally recognized worker rights in order to more broadly distribute the benefits of increased global trade and economic integration and to strengthen democratic polities and civil societies. Notable Feature(s): Excellent directory of links to labor rights organizations; policy speeches and testimony; suggestions for action; library. Contact Information: The International Labor Rights Fund 733 15th Street, N.W. Suite #920 Washington, DC   20005 USA Telephone: 202.347.4100   Fax: 202.347.4885 Email: laborrights@igc.org International Labour Organization http://www.ilo.org/ International Save the Children Alliance http://www.savethechildren.net/ The International Save the Children Alliance currently comprises 32 organisations around the world. Working in over 120 countries, Save the Children is the largest independent movement for children in the world. As the leading independent children's rights organisation, Save the Children is supporting the Global Movement for Children - a collection of people and organisations around the world dedicated to promoting the rights of the child. The Movement is asking the world to "Say Yes for Children" through a global vote. Notable Feature(s): Country network of news, reports, and projects; Save the Children USA. Contact Information: BURKHARD GNÄRIG, Chief Executive Officer International Save the Children Alliance 275 - 281 King Street London   W6 9LZ UK Telephone: 44 20 8748 2554   Fax: 44 20 8237 8000 Email: info@save-children-alliance.org International Save the Children Alliance http://www.savethechildren.net/ Internet Directories of Child Labor Resources http://www.globalmarch.org/march_links/other_site.htm http://www.natlconsumersleague.org/clc.htm Kids Helping Kids: UNICEF Kit Teaches Kids About Child Labor http://www.education-world.com/a_lesson/lesson025.shtml Kids with Cameras (KWC) http://www.kids-with-cameras.org/home/ By teaching the art and skills of photography, Kids with Cameras empowers children growing up in difficult circumstances and allows them to appreciate the beauty and dignity of their own expression. The organization sends exceptional photographers to communities around the world to lead the workshops, which emphasize artistic excellence and individualized attention, and which encourage a holistic approach to art and education. KWC presents the kids' photos to the world through exhibits, books, and film. Kids with Cameras works beyond photography to strengthen the children's general education as well as their communities, linking with other organizations to work most effectively. Armed with self-respect, discipline and creativity, Kids with Cameras joins kids to a global community that values them as artists, individuals, and citizens. Notable Feature(s): Projects in Calcutta, Haiti, Jerusalem, and Cairo. Contact Information: Kids with Cameras 341 Lafayette Street Suite 4407 New York, NY   10012 USA Telephone: 646.722.8404   Email: info@kids-with-cameras.org Links: articles and organizations related to children at risk of exploitation http://www.changemakers.net/library/fieldlink.cfm?field=Children+at+Risk+of+Exploitation OneWorld's Street Kids http://www.oneworld.org/guides/streetchildren/index.html There are at least 18 million street children in India, up to 40 million in Latin America and over 100 million worldwide. Children end up on city streets because of poverty, dysfunctional families (e.g. mother takes new partner, neglect, physical or sexual abuse, alcoholism), or abandonment because of mental or physical handicap. All are unloved and, so far as society is concerned, 'disposable'. Be it Delhi, Djakarta or Durban, the numbers of street children are increasing everywhere. Notable Feature(s): Links and updated news and reports on the worldwide problem. Contact Information: OneWorld UK office Hedgerley Wood Red Lane Chinnor, Oxford OX9 4BW   OX9 4BW United Kingdom Telephone: + 44 1494 481629   Fax: + 44 1494 481751 Email: justice@oneworld.net Research on Conditions Affecting Children http://www.futureofchildren.org This Web site from the The David and Lucile Packard Foundation offers a collection of articles addressing all aspects of children and poverty; children and managed health care; children and abuse; the juvenile court; children and disabilities; adoption and a host of other issues affecting children. Contact Information: The David and Lucile Packard Foundation 300 Second Street, Suite 200 Los Altos, California   94022 USA Telephone: (650) 948-7658   Right to Play http://www.righttoplay.com Right To Play is an athlete-driven international humanitarian organization that uses sport and play as a tool for the development of children and youth in the most disadvantaged areas of the world. Headquartered in Toronto, Canada, Right To Play has national offices in Switzerland, the Netherlands, Norway, the United States, the United Kingdom, and Italy. Its mission is to improve the lives of children by using the power of sport and play for development, health and peace. Right To Play works closely with communities to help set up the networks and infrastructure necessary to support sustainable local ownership of our sport and play programs. Right To Play also trains local youth to be coaches to expand the reach of its programs and to impart valuable leadership skills to the next generation. Programs are currently implemented in Azerbaijan, Benin, Chad, Ethiopia, Ghana, Guinea, Israel, Liberia, Mali, Mozambique, Pakistan, Palestinian Territories, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Tanzania, Thailand, Uganda, and Zambia. New projects are slated for launch in Sri Lanka and Indonesia. Right To Play is committed to every child’s right to play and takes an active role in research and policy development in this area. The organization's aim is to engage leaders on all sides of development, sport, business, and media to ensure every child benefits from the positive power of sport and play. Notable Feature(s): Right To Play programs; Right To Play news. Contact Information: Right to Play 65 Queen Street West, Thomson Building, Suite 1900, Box 64 Toronto, Ontario   M5H 2M5 Canada Telephone: +1 416-498-1922   Fax: :+1 416-498-1942 Email: info@righttoplay.com Roots of Empathy (ROE) http://www.rootsofempathy.org/Home.html Roots of Empathy's mission is to build caring, civil and peaceful societies through the development of empathy in children and adults. The focus of ROE in the long term is to build the parenting capacity of the next generation of parents. In the short term, ROE focuses on raising levels of empathy, which results in more respectful and caring relationships and reduced levels of bullying and aggression. Roots of Empathy strives to break the intergenerational transmission of poor parenting and violence. The program is offered to more than 10,000 students in 400 classrooms across Canada. Contact Information: Mary Gorder, founder and president Roots of Empathy 401 Richmond Street West Suite 205 Toronto, Ontario   M5V 3A8 Canada Telephone: 416.944.3001   Fax: 416.944.9295 Email: mail@rootsofempathy.org Roundabout http://www.roundabout.co.za/main.htm Roundabout Outdoor, founded in 1997, is internationally recognized as one of the world's most innovative providers of clean water and vital community messages. Cavorting on a roundabout has always been a source of fun and play for children. Now pure, clean borehole water can be pumped into water storage tanks while the playground roundabout equipment is in use. The Play-Pump is a specifically designed and patented playground roundabout that drives conventional borehole pumps, keeping costs and maintenance to an absolute minimum, while entertaining the children. Playing on a roundabout or merry-go-round has always been fun for children, so there is never a shortage of 'volunteers'. As the children spin, water is pumped from underground into a 2500 litre tank, standing seven metres above the ground. A simple tap provides easy access for the mothers and children drawing water In 1999 Roundabout Outdoor entered a PPP (public private partnership) with the Department of Water Affairs & Forestry to assist the Department in its commitment to deliver water to all of South Africa by 2008. Roundabout Outdoor made a pledge to carry public health messages and currently carries the loveLife national HIV prevention campaign for South African youth into the rural areas. Contact Information: Roundabout Telephone: + 27 11 807 4280   Fax: + 27 11 803 1639 Email: roundabout@roundabout.co.za Rugmark http://www.rugmark.org/ The RUGMARK Foundation - USA is working to eradicate child labor and supports education programs for former child workers. The RUGMARK Foundation, with locations in Germany, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Canada and the U.S., recruits carpet producers and importers to make or sell carpets that are free of child labor, and encourages the producers to employ adults at the legal minimum wage instead. By agreeing to adhere to strict guidelines for carpet production, and by permitting random RUGMARK® inspections of carpet looms, producers receive the right to put the RUGMARK® label on their carpets. The RUGMARK® label guarantees the carpet was not made by children and that a contribution has been made to educate former child carpet weavers. Notable Feature(s): Links to many key sites related to child labor. Contact Information: RUGMARK-USA 733 15th St NW Suite 920 Washington, DC   20005 USA Telephone: 202.347.4205   Fax: 202.347.4885 Email: laborrights@igc.org Save the Children USA http://www.savethechildren.org/home.shtml Save the Children was founded in the United States in 1932 as a nonprofit child-assistance organization to make lasting, positive change in the lives of children in need. Today the organization works in 19 states across the United States as well as in 47 other countries in the developing world to help children and families improve their health, education and economic opportunities. Save the Children also mobilizes rapid life-support assistance for children and families caught in the tragedies of natural and man-made disasters. Its mission is broad-based and designed for lasting and positive change in the lives of children. Notable Feature(s): Newsroom; updates and program descriptions on work in Africa, Asia, Latin America and the Caribbean, the Middle East and Eurasia, the United States; full text of year 2000 Annual Report. Contact Information: Dianne Sherman, Associate VP, Public Affairs/Communications Save the Children 54 Wilton Road Westport, CT   06880 USA Telephone: 203.221.4116   Email: dsherman@savechildren.org Set for Success: Building a Strong Foundation for School Readiness http://www.emkf.org/pdf/eex_brochure.pdf Contact Information: Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation 4801 Rockhill Road Kansas City,, MO   64110-2046 USA Telephone: 816.932.1000   Email: info@emkf.org Special Collection - Resources Concerning Youth Living on the Streets http://www.changemakers.net/library/collections/street.cfm Teaching Tolerance http://www.splcenter.org/teachingtolerance/tt-index.html http://www.tolerance.org/ In response to an alarming increase in hate crime among youth, the Southern Poverty Law Center began the Teaching Tolerance project in 1991 as an extension of the Center's legal and educational efforts. Through the generous support of Center donors, Teaching Tolerance offers free or low-cost resources to educators at all levels. Notable Feature(s): Teaching Tolerance magazine spotlights educators, schools and curriculum resources dedicated to promoting respect for differences in the classroom and beyond. Sent to more than 600,000 teachers twice a year, in January and September, the 64-page full-color magazine provides a national forum for sharing techniques and exploring new ideas in the areas of tolerance, diversity and justice. Each issue of Teaching Tolerance includes in-depth features on such topics as race relations, homophobia, religious diversity, anti-Semitism and building classroom community, along with classroom activities and resource recommendations. Contact Information: Teaching Tolerance 400 Washington Avenue Montgomery, AL   36104 USA Fax: 334.956.8486 UNICEF http://www.unicef.org/ Created by the United Nations General Assembly in 1946 to help children after World War II in Europe, UNICEF was first known as the United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund. In 1953, UNICEF became a permanent part of the United Nations system, its task being to help children living in poverty in developing countries. Its name was shortened to the United Nations Children's Fund, but it retained the acronym "UNICEF," by which it is known to this day. UNICEF helps children get the care and stimulation they need in the early years of life and encourages families to educate girls as well as boys. It strives to reduce childhood death and illness and to protect children in the midst of war and natural disaster. UNICEF supports young people, wherever they are, in making informed decisions about their own lives, and strives to build a world in which all children live in dignity and security. Working with national governments, NGOs (non-governmental organizations), other United Nations agencies and private-sector partners, UNICEF protects children and their rights by providing services and supplies and by helping shape policy agendas and budgets in the best interests of children. Notable Feature(s): Annual reports and other valuable policy and action resources; Voices of Youth interactive program. Contact Information: UNICEF House 3 United Nations Plaza New York, NY   10017 USA Telephone: 212.326.7000   Fax: 212.887.7465 Email: netmaster@unicef.org UNICEF - State of the World's Children 2003 http://www.unicef.org/sowc03/ UNICEF papers at child labour conference in Oslo http://www.unicef.org/aclabor/papers.htm Waldorf Homeschoolers http://www.waldorfhomeschoolers.com/ http://www.waldorfhomeschoolers.com/sitemap.htm Founded in Europe in 1919, Waldorf education now includes schools on every continent and a rapidly growing home schooling movement. It has grown to become the world's largest independent, non-denominational educational system that goes through all of the grades. The aim of Waldorf Homeschoolers is to encourage and further Waldorf and Rudolf Steiner inspired ideals and philosophies in both home education and in parenting. Based on ideas that Rudolf Steiner put forth, Waldorf Homeschoolers encourages the development of each child's sense of truth, beauty, and goodness. The standard Waldorf grades curriculum is designed to meet a child at his level of readiness to learn and understand. Waldorf is experiential - children are introduced to subjects through experience rather than concept. After the initial experience, children are guided to explore a subject. Only then is the concept discussed. Children record their experiences, thoughts, experiments and conclusions in their own Main Lesson books, using drawing and painting daily to illuminate their work. Notable Feature(s): Curriculum guides for every grade; family support information and networking. Contact Information: Waldorf Homeschoolers 6822 - 22nd Ave N. Suite 345 St. Petersburg, FL   33710-3918 FL Email: info@waldorfhomeschoolers.com