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Final Report
Introduction to Work in Tourism for Guatemalan Youth
funded by an Emily Sandall Memorial Grant (ESMG)
awarded by the International Initiative to End Child Labor (IIECL)
Background Information
Child labor in Guatemala.
United States...
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Final Report
Introduction to Work in Tourism for Guatemalan Youth
funded by an Emily Sandall Memorial Grant (ESMG)
awarded by the International Initiative to End Child Labor (IIECL)
Background Information
Child labor in Guatemala.
United States Department of Labor, 2007 Findings on the Worst
Forms of Child Labor for Guatemala indicate that 21.
12% of children, mostly in rural areas, are
working in the worst forms of child labor.
This statistic breaks down into 26.
2% of boys and
16% of girls between the ages of five and 14.
Sectors having the largest numbers of children are
agriculture with 62.
3 percent and services with 24.
2 percent.
The majority of children in
agriculture are boys.
The percentage of children between 7 and 14 years of age enrolled in school
is 73.
6, while only 68 percent of this age group remains in school through grade five.
Participating Organizations
Participating Organizations.
Co-partners of Campesinas (CoC) is a US based, 50
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