Strengthen child protection systems and continue to raise awareness

Case management services for children involved in child labour helps to keep children out of work and out of school, while also providing access to other essential services, such as affordable healthcare. If we reduce case management, we will fail to reach vulnerable children in hard-to-reach areas. It is therefore vital that we continue to support and strengthen the capacity of community-based organisations in our target areas to maintain services and referrals. It is crucial to have a functioning Child Labour Helpdesk in project areas to maintain effective case management systems. It is therefore important that the Ministry of Social Development continues to support the helpdesks, as they are an essential component of child protection systems.

Child Protection Committees (CPCs) are also critical in raising awareness about child labour and providing safe referrals in programme areas. We must continue to support and build the capacity of the CPCs to change the norm in communities regarding child labour.

Once systems are in place, local community-based organisations can conduct positive parenting sessions that address child labour norms and practices. We must continue to increase parents’ knowledge and skills through positive parenting sessions to combat child labour in East Ammam and Za’atari camp. 

Continue to build young people’s skills and link them to job opportunities

We must support local community-based organisations in programme areas so that they can continue to work on alternative livelihoods and household income. There will still be reasons for parents to send their children to work instead of school. Save the Children Jordan is committed to supporting these families after the project ends. We will link them to other people and child protection and livelihood projects. These include the recently established GIG platform ‘Mofeed’.

Further engagement with the government

The education sector plays a vital role in preventing child labour and supporting child labourers and those at risk of child labour. This is why ongoing advocacy and support are essential to assist the Ministry of Social Development, the Ministry of Labour and other government agencies in implementing the National Child Labour Strategy. 

We must also provide continued support for the National Council of Social Affairs to monitor the government’s implementation of its child labour strategy until 2030. At the national level, we remain committed to advocating against child labour and for child protection systems. By doing so, we ensure that our partners in the programme areas can benefit from legislation and government policies.