Combating Exploitive Child Labor through Education in Central America, Dominican Republic and Southern Africa

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Combating Exploitive Child Labor through Education in Central America, Dominican Republic and Southern Africa: The U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of International Labor Affairs, will award up to US $14.5 million through one or more cooperative agreements to an organization or organizations to improve access to quality education programs as a means to combat exploitive child labor in Central America and the Dominican Republic (up to $5.5 million) and Southern Africa (up to $9 million). The activities funded will complement and expand upon existing projects and programs to improve basic education in these countries, and, where applicable, provide access to basic education to children in areas of high incidence of exploitive child labor. Applications must be regional in approach and respond to the entire Statement of Work outlined in this Solicitation for Cooperative Agreement Applications. In Central America and the Dominican Republic, activities under this cooperative agreement will strengthen government and civil society?s capacity to address the education needs of working children and those at risk of entering work. In Southern Africa, activities under this cooperative agreement will expand access and quality of basic education for working children and those at risk of entering work, particularly HIV/AIDS affected children.