SAVE

Goal: To eliminate child labor in garment factories; to provide remedial and preventive education; to provide education about the problems associated with child labor.

Context: Child labor is rampant in Tirupur, the center of India’s garment industry. VFI’s partner SAVE has rescued 8,000 children from bonded factory labor and estimates that 20,000 children are still working. SAVE provides shelter and education to vulnerable and rescued children and is the only full-time NGO fighting child labor in Tirupur, where Nike, Gap, Wal-Mart, and other multinational corporations subcontract local factories.

Target Group: Child laborers in Tirupur, a city in Tamil Nadu, India

OUTPUTS & SUCCESSES

• 8,000 child laborers rescued
  
  
• Factory managers, labor unions, community members and youth gain awareness of the dangers associated with child labor and lack of education
  
  
• Children are prepared for mainstream education
  
  
• Families of removed child laborers participate in income generating activities to replace income previously earned by their children
  
  
• Runaway children seeking employment are intercepted by SAVE outreach workers and given shelter and education