Sustainable Vanilla Initiative releases new safeguarding videos to address child labour in Madagascar

Sustainable Vanilla Initiative releases new safeguarding videos to address child labour in Madagascar

IDH’s Sustainable Vanilla Initiative (SVI) has expanded its awareness raising toolkit by launching some new safeguarding videos as part of our ongoing commitment to address child labour in the vanilla value chain in Madagascar.

1. Educational Videos

The videos - which are available in English, French and Malagasy - were developed in collaboration with Save the Children International and are targeted at farmers, exporters and collectors. Click here to watch them.

2. Revisions to the Code of Conduct

In addition to the videos, we have updated the Exporters Code of Conduct Implementation Guide. It includes:

1. A contact list of Local Committees addressing Child Labour (CLLTEs); and
2. A reporting template.

We also have posters and signs. We encourage you to use these tools and share them with other organisations involved in addressing child labour.

Exporters in Madagascar can collect materials at CRLTE in Sambava.

Acknowledgements

We would like to thank the following for their collaboration in the production of these videos:

• The Regional Committee that fights against Child labor in the SAVA Region (CRLTE-Sava)
• The Local Committee that fights against Child Labor (CLLTE) in the Rural Commune of Bemanevika - SAVA Region
• Save the Children International
• Vanilla Exporters: BioVanilla, Velo Alexis
• Vanilla Cooperative Exotic and their team
• Vanilla farmer representatives
• All of our project partners who were involved in the project

For more information, please contact Mahafahatra Vonintsoa: vonintsoa@idhtrade.org