CO- Mines to School

About this project

From Mines to School is an action that intends to reduce and prevent worst forms of child labour in the mining communities of the disadvantaged districts of Moroto, Nakapiripirit and Amudat in the Karamoja sub-region. Building on previous experiences of the consortium members in the sub-region and work on similar projects, the action will focus on two main strategies; strengthening the capacity of duty bearers and grass-root Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) to reduce and prevent child labour and propose alternative waysof livelihoods and education opportunities for affected children, their parents, and guardians. The action will also support lower-level administrators and grass-root CSOs to enforce laws, policies ordinances and by-laws prohibiting children from working in the mines and identify child protection issues and protection violations. It will liaise with the key relevant ministries and work with members of Parliament to influence the implementation of the just enacted Mining and Minerals Act2022, address problematic issues, including violation of human rights for the artisanal miners, and children working in the mines, request for an increase in the budgetallocation for the child labour response, ensure that a central coordination authorityis present at district level and community level and ensure that child labour committees are functional at village and parish level. Additionally, the action will link childrenwithdrawn from labour to professional counselling a…

Published by

Oxfam Novib · International NGO

Countries

Uganda

Sectors

Disaster prevention and preparedness

Published by Oxfam Novib to the International Aid Transparency Initiative (IATI), last updated 12 Oct 2026 and imported automatically. IATI identifier: NL-KVK-27108436-A-07511-03:UG.

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