25K75IL000019

1) Applicants name and title for the project: PACT, INC., Watoto Ni Hazina: Children Are Treasure (WANIHA)

2) Purpose. WANIHA will improve implementation of laws, policies, and action plans to reduce child labor (CL) and improve acceptable working conditions (ACW) in Tanzania's artisanal and small-scale gold mining (ASGM) sector in Geita, the epicenter of Tanzania's ASGM, with the highest prevalence of CL and mercury use.

WANIHA will improve national and local data collection, decrease CL and ACW violations in Geita, and improve coordination among stakeholders.

WANIHA will target vulnerable groups such as child-headed households, households with children with disabilities, and women-headed households, who are disproportionately affected by economic pressures that lead to CL.

WANIHA anticipates 1,250 total direct participants, but this will be finalized during the six-month stakeholder engagement and strategy validation period.

We are requesting $4 million USD over 54 months.

3) Activities to be performed: Our strategy employs multi-sectoral approaches and activities to empower local stakeholders, strengthen governance systems, and enhance tracking and reporting capacities at all levels.

These approaches and activities include:

1) Improve data collection at the national and local level to provide accurate, disaggregated data on CL and ACW in ASGM. This will include training local authorities and civil society organizations (CSOs) to use updated data collection tools and integrate new ASGM-specific metrics into national systems, such as the National Integrated Case Management System (NICMS).

2) Strengthen governance structures by improving coordination between local government, mining communities, and national systems. This will include joint monitoring visits, inspections, and creating bylaws to support better data sharing and enforcement.

3) Train local government officials, mining workers, and community leaders on CL laws, safe mining practices, and the use of mercury while strengthening the capacity of local authorities, CSOs, and community organizations to monitor, identify, and report instances of CL and ACW violations in ASGM, and address CL and ACW through awareness-raising campaigns and community-driven pilots.

4) Expected outcomes: Outcome 1: Increased capacity of key stakeholders to collect and disseminate data on CL and ACW in ASGM.

Outcome 2: Increased monitoring, identification, and reporting of CL and ACW in ASGM.

Outcome 3: Increased capacity of key stakeholders to address CL and promote ACW and ASGM at the local level.

5) Intended beneficiaries: An estimated 6,001 direct and indirect participants, including women miners, mining communities, local government officials, and CSOs will be reached through capacity strengthening, research, workshops, and training activities associated with hazardous work in the ASGM sector.

6) Subrecipient activities: WANIHA will be implemented in partnership with two local organizations, Rafiki Social Development Organization (RAFIKI SDO) and Tanzania Women Miners Association (TAWOMA), with whom PACT has previously collaborated.

RAFIKI SDO will be the main technical partner for Outcome 2, implementing a cascade training approach for community-facing frontline workers who identify, monitor, and report on CL and ACW.

TAWOMA will lead advocacy and coordination activities under Outcome 2 and implement livelihoods strengthening activities under Outcome 3.

Both partners will be involved in implementing community-led monitoring, economic, and educational initiatives to reduce child labor in Geita.

Our work with these partners will build long-term capacity and sustainability, gradually transferring leadership and ensuring community cohesion and sustainable development through integrated activities and cross-sectoral engagement.

PACT

OUTCOME(S) (1) INCREASED CAPACITY OF KEY STAKEHOLDERS TO COLLECT AND DISSEMINATE DATA ON CL AND ACW IN ASGM (2) INCREASED MONITORING, IDENTIFICATION, AND REPORTING OF INSTANCES OF CL AND ACW IN ASGM (3) INCREASED CAPACITY OF KEY STAKEHOLDERS TO ADDRESS CL AND PROMOTE ACW IN ASGM AT THE LOCAL LEVEL.

17.401 - International Labor Programs

OASAM Office of Grants Management [DOL - OASAM]

Bureau of International Labor Affairs (ILA) [DOL]

Tanzania

Foreign

Project to Combat Child Labor and Promote Acceptable Conditions of Work in Tanzania’s Artisanal and Small-Scale Gold Mining Sector (FOA-ILAB-24-29)

Termination This cooperative agreement was reported as terminated by the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) in July 2025. See All
Amendment Since initial award the End Date has been shortened from 06/30/29 to 03/27/25 and the total obligations have decreased 95% from $4,000,000 to $199,636.