The Network Against Child Labour is incorporated under Section 21 of the Companies Act as an association not for gain - (Reg. 1998/003690/08)

Physical Address	62 Marshall Street, Johannesburg, 2000, South Africa
Postal Address	PO Box 42440, Fordsburg, South Africa, 2033
Telephone	(27-11) 836 9942/3
Facsimile	(27-11) 836 9944
Board Members	Phiroshaw Camay	Co-operative for Research and Education (CORE)
	Peet Human	Gauteng Department of Social Services and Population Development.
	Suchilla Leslie	Individual capacity
	Oupa Mosikare	Operation Hunger
	Florence Nchoe	Johannesburg Institute for Social Services (JISS)
	Astrid Jensen	International Labour Organisation
	Les Sanabria	Gauteng Alliance for Street Children

The Network Against Child Labour exists to end the economic exploitation of children from their labour in whatever form and where it is found.
We believe that children must be free to learn and play to develop their full potential.

1. To bring together organisations and individuals that are concerned with child     labour for a national lobby against child exploitation.
2. To conscientise and educate organisations, the general public and communities     against child exploitation.
3. To provide information and policy guidelines on child labour and related issues     to interested organisations.
4. To organise lobbies for legislation, enforcement mechanisms and social policies,     which are designed to bring about the elimination of child labour.
5. To conduct action-oriented research to expose the problem in our country.
6. To intervene actively or to organise intervention where possible in reported     cases of child labour.

Arrivals and Departures

On the 15th of April 2002 the NACL appointed Karen Allan as a part-time co-ordinator. During the year the NACL bid farewell to two Board members, Dr. Jackie Loffell and Peet Human. The NACL views their departure with a great deal of sadness but would like to thank them for their hard work, commitment and dedication to the Network through the years. Dr. Jackie Loffell was a founder member of the NACL and her enthusiasm and steadfast campaigning skills will be sorely missed. Maureen Coetzee from the Johannesburg Child Welfare joined the board in October 2002.

Gauteng Plan of Action for Children (GPAC)

In 1994, former President Nelson Mandela committed the country to the National Programme of Action for Children to mainstream children's issues. The NPA is based in The Presidency. Provincial programmes of Action were established in 1999 and in some areas Local Programmes of Action exist. During the course of 2002 the NACL attended regular meetings for the Gauteng Plan of Action for Children. In May a presentation of NACL activities was made to GPAC at the Walter Sisulu Secure Centre in Noordgesig. In September the NACL submitted a proposal to GPAC for funding. The NACL also assisted GPAC with organising a meeting with NGOs and arranging site visits for the UN Rapporteur, Mr. Petit on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography to South Africa on the 19th of September 2002. The NACL also attended several Child Labour Study Group Meetings, which is a directive of GPAC and serves as an advisory body. The NACL participated in drawing up a GPAC plan of action for 2002-2005 to deal with child labour.

Education

The NACL supported the Global Campaign for Education's (GCE) Global Action week during 22-26 April 2002. The NACL distributed GCE information and an invitation to the GCE March to all its members. The NACL also invited members of GPAC and distributed posters and stickers at their monthly meeting. On Friday the 26th of April a march was held and the NACL co-ordinator addressed the gathering and distributed NACL booklets and pamphlets. The NACL attended regular meetings during the year for the GCE Steering Committee and a two-day workshop on 1st and 2nd of November to prepare for a consultative meeting on the Education for All Campaign with the Minister of Education Kader Asmal on the 22nd of November. The NACL prepared terms of reference on child labour and distributed them for comment to GCE members.

Survey of Activities of Young People (SAYP)

Early in 2002 the NACL urged the government to release the report after the launch of the ILO Global Report on Child Labour on the 6th of May 2002 which the NACL attended in Pretoria. On the 24th of October the NACL attended a meeting in Pretoria to revive the Child Labour Intersectoral Group (CLIG), discuss the results of the SAYP and map out the dates for a National Child Labour Action Programme.

Child Trafficking and the Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children

In April 2002 the NACL attended a Child Trafficking workshop organised by Terre Des Hommes who are running an International Campaign against Child Trafficking. The United Nations estimates that between 2 and 4 million children and young adults a year are traded against their will in to some form of slavery, be it domestic, labour, begging or prostitution. According to the United Nations many of these are children. ECPAT projects that Child Trafficking is the third largest commercial money making industry in the world second only to drugs and gun running. The NACL agreed to support the campaign and wherever possible highlight the issue of child trafficking amongst its members and the members of GPAC. The NACL attended a meeting in November for the Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children hosted by the SA National Council for Child and Family Welfare.

Domestic workers booklets

In May 2002 the NACL received a request for 400 booklets from the National Association of Democratic Lawyers (NADEL). NADEL plans to use the booklets in their human rights, research and advocacy project, distributing them to domestic workers and rural women in the Western Cape. Booklets were also distributed wherever possible at various meetings, workshops and conferences.

Fundraising

A total of 47 proposals were sent out by the NACL in 2002, 11 rejections were received and 3 proposals are pending. Despite not having any success securing funding for the NACL various activities were undertaken and completed with very little or no money.

Human Rights Commission

The NACL participated in a two-day workshop on the 11th and 12th of June 2002. The workshop was facilitated by the Human Rights Commission and focused on the Recommendations of the Report on Sexual Offences against Children.

Street Children Report

In June the NACL continued to develop the report based on the study conducted on Street Children.

Childline Collaboration

In July 2002, the NACL formed a collaboration with Childline in Gauteng. The NACL co-ordinator received training during July and August from Childline to become a volunteer telephone councillor. The NACL provided training to Childline for approximately 25 supervisors in July, 25 volunteer telephone councillors and approximately 22 safe-house mothers (from the Johannesburg area including Soweto, Tembisa and Khotlahong) in September 2002. A child labour manual was developed in July by the NACL for this purpose.

World Summit on Sustainable Development (WSSD)

The NACL provided training to approximately 8 children from the Diepsloot informal settlement on the 31st of August in preparation for the presentation of the "Ark of Hope" at the World Summit on Sustainable Development in Sandton in September 2002. The NACL attended a WSSD events day for the Global Campaign for Education at Nasrec on the 2nd of September 2002 at which NACL material was distributed.

Written Submissions

During this time the NACL made two written submissions to Government. The first was to the Committee of Inquiry (Taylor Commission) into a Comprehensive Social Security System for South Africa "Transforming the Present - Protecting the Future" on the 14th of June. The NACL urged the Government to consider introducing a Basic Income Grant or increasing the Child Support Grant to the age of 18 in order to offer poor children an economic alternative to child labour.

The NACL made a written submission to the Child Abuse public hearings by the Social Services and Population Development Committee on the 27th of September 2002. The Network Against Child Labour believes that the sexual or economic exploitation of children for their labour constitutes child abuse.

Monthly Meetings

The NACL held meetings in May, June, July, August, October and November. The September meeting was cancelled due to the WSSD and participants schedules with overseas visitors. Agendas and minutes were circulated for each meeting.

Training Manual

A training manual was developed on Child Labour in July 2002 to facilitate awareness raising, it includes the following: Child Labour definition; extent of Child Labour in South Africa; Global figures for Child Labour; Forms of Child Work and Child Labour; Legal Framework; International Instruments; Forms of Action; Urgent Assistance Required; Possible Action to be taken by role-players; The aims and objectives of the NACL; the South African Context: the extent of Poverty; Social Security System; Basic Income Grant; Child Support Grant, Reporting Child Labour and Hypothetical Scenarios.