Do you receive support from the ILOs International Programme on the Elimination of Child Labour (IPEC)?
We started out thanks to a small amount of funding from IPEC in 1995, for the state of Bihar. It worked well, and a lot of unions subsequently agreed to support us. We can make a little money go a long way. Are you trying to reproduce these campaigns in other countries? We started in Nepal, with the same approach, but we have to adapt it. In Nepal, the people working in brick kilns are migrants. They come to work during the dry season and their children can go to school, but during the rainy season they go back home, so we have to work more with the communities. We also have pilot projects in Latin America and Africa. We are going to organise an international conference in India on 20 and 21 February 2008, concerning trade unions and child labour, to demonstrate just how effective we can be in this area. It will be organised in conjunction with other Global Union partners. This international conference will not be limited to us speaking between ourselves, but will also involve other ac
