Child labour in Tanzania is driven largely by poverty. More must be done to keep children in school so their skills aren't lost to the economy in the long run.
PREVENTION:
It’s clear that Poverty is a primary factor contributing to human trafficking in Tanzania. This poverty drives children into labor--often forced labor--instead of schools where an education can be obtained.
In order to help prevent this trend, and prevent human trafficking, the Tanzanian government must invest in education. According to Simon Ngalomba, investment in a universal primary education system occurred in 2002, but those efforts have stagnated in recent years.
Additionally, despite the fact that Tanzania does not “fully meet the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking,” the Tanzanian government has maintained current efforts “to prevent trafficking,” according to the U.S. State Department.
The 2017 Trafficking in Persons Report states that Tanzanian agencies have conducted periodic inspections of large employers “to detect cases of forced labor.” And in Zanzibar--a semiautonomous region of Tanzania--government efforts are in place to raise awareness across the island. “Be Their Voice” was an anti-trafficking public awareness campaign executed in partnership with the government and international organizations that “targeted primary and secondary students through performances in 50 schools...”
--(post by) Nathan Anderson
