Nearly 138 million children worldwide have to work. They pick tea, coffee, or cocoa beans; they weave carpets and sew clothes; they quarry stones or mine for metals and other raw materials.
Being a child, playing, going to school? There's no time for that.
Your purchase decision makes a difference!
How many children can escape poverty and exploitation also depends on what ends up in our shopping carts and (online) baskets. Alternatives have long existed: Fair Trade offers products made in social partnerships without exploitation – products that were not harvested, manufactured, or transported by children.
The free brochure "Consumption without Child Labor" encourages you to look for these products. It provides an overview of Fair Trade suppliers, labels, and product alternatives. And it explains how the fight against child labor and the fight against poverty are intertwined to open the door to a better future for working children.
Consumer goods without child labor – order now!
Download our brochure "Consumption without child labor" for free or order a free printed copy.
Terre des Hommes working against exploitative child labor
Worldwide, Terre des Hommes works together with children and young people to fight for their rights: for education and training, against poverty and exploitation.
