International initiative to help kids in Sabah oil palm estates


KOTA KINABALU: Child labour is the focus of an 18-month programme by several international organisations that seeks to provide better protection and education for children in oil palm estates in Tawau district.

The programme is a collaboration between the European Union (EU), International Labour Organisation (ILO) and United Nations Children’s Fund (Unicef) and initiated in conjunction with the World Day Against Child Labour.

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