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  ["title"] => string(134) "New Partnership Between the Child Rights Action Hub DRC Partners and Bon Pasteur to Strengthen Support for Children in ASM Communities"
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  ["content"] => string(2909) "<p><span style="font-size: 18px;"><br/></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 18px;"><img src="/public/uploads/images/20251030/c7969b483b03acfa26b63b5d20e8d237.jpg" alt=""/></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px;"><br/></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px;">The Child Rights Action Hub DRC is pleased to announce a new collaboration with Bon Pasteur Kolwezi, an affiliate of the Good Shepherd Sisters NGO that supports women, girls and children from artisanal mining communities in the DRC with access to education, alternative livelihoods and social protection. This collaboration marks an important step toward more coordinated action to prevent and remediate child labour in artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) communities in the Democratic Republic of Congo.</span></p><p><br/></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px;">Both organisations share a common goal: ensuring that children and youth in mining areas are protected, supported and given real alternatives to hazardous work. While Bon Pasteur focuses on building and strengthening community-based child protection systems — including formal education, catch-up schools, and vocational training — the Child Rights Action Hub supports companies with their human rights due diligence and works to prevent and remediate child labour through individualised case management, youth employment initiatives and capacity building of business actors.</span></p><p><br/></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px;">This partnership is grounded in complementarity and shared purpose. By building bridges between our respective networks, resources and areas of expertise, the Child Rights Action Hub and Bon Pasteur aim to create stronger community linkages and more sustainable outcomes for children and families.</span></p><p><br/></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px;">Through this collaboration, the two organisations will work closely to strengthen local capacity and create seamless pathways for child protection and remediation. The Action Hub will provide case management training to Bon Pasteur’s social workers, expanding the network of skilled professionals able to offer individualised support to children in the remediation programme. At the same time, both organisations will align their programmes to ensure that children supported by The Hub can access Bon Pasteur’s educational and vocational training opportunities, enabling more comprehensive and sustainable outcomes for children and families in artisanal mining communities.</span></p><p><br/></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px;">Together, Bon Pasteur and the Child Rights Action Hub are working to create a more connected and effective response to child labour in the DRC’s copper and cobalt supply chains, one that leverages existing community systems and partnerships to ensure the best possible outcomes for children and youth.</span></p><p><br/></p>"
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  ["other_lang"] => string(4462) "{"lang":{"1":"fr"},"type":"2","cn":{"title":""},"fr":{"title":"Nouveau partenariat entre le Hub pour la lutte contre le travail des enfants en RDC et Bon Pasteur pour renforcer le soutien aux enfants dans les communaut\u00e9s mini\u00e8res artisanales","content":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\"><img src=\"\/public\/uploads\/images\/20251030\/c7969b483b03acfa26b63b5d20e8d237.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\"><br\/><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\">Le Hub pour la lutte contre le travail des enfants en RDC a le plaisir d\u2019annoncer une nouvelle collaboration avec Bon Pasteur Kolwezi, affili\u00e9 \u00e0 l\u2019ONG des S\u0153urs du Bon Pasteur, qui soutient les femmes, les filles et les enfants issus des communaut\u00e9s mini\u00e8res artisanales de la RDC \u00e0 travers l\u2019acc\u00e8s \u00e0 l\u2019\u00e9ducation, \u00e0 des moyens de subsistance alternatifs et \u00e0 la protection sociale.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\"><br\/><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\">Cette collaboration marque une \u00e9tape importante vers une action plus coordonn\u00e9e pour pr\u00e9venir et rem\u00e9dier le travail des enfants dans les communaut\u00e9s d\u2019exploitation mini\u00e8re artisanale et \u00e0 petite \u00e9chelle (ASM) en R\u00e9publique D\u00e9mocratique du Congo.<\/span><\/p><p><br\/><\/p><p><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\">Les deux organisations partagent un objectif commun : faire en sorte que les enfants et les jeunes vivant dans les zones mini\u00e8res soient prot\u00e9g\u00e9s, accompagn\u00e9s et disposent de v\u00e9ritables alternatives au travail dangereux.<\/span><\/p><p><br\/><\/p><p><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\">Alors que Bon Pasteur se concentre sur le construction et le renforcement des syst\u00e8mes communautaires de protection de l\u2019enfance \u2014 notamment \u00e0 travers l\u2019\u00e9ducation formelle, les \u00e9coles de rattrapage et la formation professionnelle \u2014, le Hub soutient les entreprises dans leur diligence raisonnable en mati\u00e8re de droits humains et \u0153uvre \u00e0 pr\u00e9venir et rem\u00e9dier le travail des enfants gr\u00e2ce \u00e0 la gestion individualis\u00e9e des cas, \u00e0 des initiatives d\u2019emploi pour les jeunes et au renforcement des capacit\u00e9s des acteurs \u00e9conomiques.<\/span><\/p><p><br\/><\/p><p><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\">Ce partenariat repose sur la compl\u00e9mentarit\u00e9 et une mission partag\u00e9e. En mettant en synergie leurs r\u00e9seaux, leurs ressources et leurs expertises, le Hub et Bon Pasteur visent \u00e0 renforcer les liens communautaires et \u00e0 favoriser des r\u00e9sultats plus durables pour les enfants et leurs familles.<\/span><\/p><p><br\/><\/p><p><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\">Dans le cadre de cette collaboration, les deux organisations travailleront en \u00e9troite coordination pour renforcer les capacit\u00e9s locales et cr\u00e9er des parcours fluides pour la protection des enfants et la rem\u00e9diation du travail des enfants.<\/span><\/p><p><br\/><\/p><p><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\">Le Hub fournira une formation en gestion de cas aux travailleurs sociaux de Bon Pasteur, \u00e9largissant ainsi le r\u00e9seau de professionnels qualifi\u00e9s, capables d\u2019offrir un accompagnement individualis\u00e9 aux enfants inscrits dans le programme de rem\u00e9diation.<\/span><\/p><p><br\/><\/p><p><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\">En parall\u00e8le, les deux organisations aligneront leurs programmes afin de permettre aux enfants soutenus par le Hub d\u2019acc\u00e9der aux opportunit\u00e9s d\u2019\u00e9ducation et de formation professionnelle propos\u00e9es par Bon Pasteur. Cette synergie garantira ainsi des r\u00e9sultats plus complets et durables pour les enfants et les familles des communaut\u00e9s mini\u00e8res artisanales.<\/span><\/p><p><br\/><\/p><p><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\">Ensemble, Bon Pasteur et le Hub pour la lutte contre le travail des enfants \u0153uvrent \u00e0 construire une r\u00e9ponse plus connect\u00e9e et plus efficace au travail des enfants dans les cha\u00eenes d\u2019approvisionnement en cuivre et en cobalt de la RDC \u2014 une r\u00e9ponse qui s\u2019appuie sur les syst\u00e8mes communautaires existants et des partenariats afin d\u2019assurer les meilleures perspectives possibles pour les enfants et les jeunes.<\/span><\/p><p><br\/><\/p>"}}"
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