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Embarrassing public officials to make them comply with child labor laws

In the mid-1990s the South Asian Coalition on Child Servitude publicly exposed the use of child domestic help by government officials in order to highlight the widespread problem of child servitude in India. When SACCS received information that an official’s household was engaging children as domestic help demonstrations were organized in front of officials’ residences to focus public attention on the practices of that particular household. Because of the embarrassment of the public spotlighting, the prime minister issued an order reinforcing the government’s stance that by no means could government officials employ child laborers.

Using a surveillance team within brothels to rescue trafficked girls

A local-level association of sex workers utilizes a surveillance team from within a sex brothel to watch for and prevent the trafficking of under-aged girls.  When the surveillance team composed of senior inmates sees a suspicious activity occurring, they try to obtain background information from the under-aged girl.  The surveillance team then notifies the sex workers’ association.  Based on that information, the association sends a trusted person to the girl’s parents’ or relatives’ house and notifies them of the whereabouts of their daughter.

Using traditional leaders to combat ignorance and to bring communities together

Buddhist monks, nuns, and novices offer practical and spiritual assistance to people with HIV and to their communities in an attempt to bring communities together and to fight the ignorance and stigma around HIV/AIDS. The Sangha Metta project trains monks, nuns, and novices in all areas of intervention for people living with or affected by AIDS.

Blog: China's Humanitarian Work in Africa

MHolterhaus's picture

I just read a very interesting post on the popular newsblog BoingBoing about China's development work in Africa. Thought you might enjoy...
Link
http://www.boingboing.net/2007/06/30/chinas_humanitarian_.html
p.s. I posted this from a mobile phone, so kudos to the design team for launching such a smooth, simple blog interface...