Education and Child Labor - it really makes a difference!

Around the world today there is said to be some 200 million children worldwide still involved in child labor (ILO: Facts on Child Labor), and some 115 million at least, are subject to its worst forms. That is hundreds of millions of children living under oppression, without hope for the future!
The more we here at Father’s Heart have learned about the facts on child labor, the more our hearts have been moved to do something about it.  Though the facts are sad and disheartening, there is an excitement in learning that the things we are currently doing are already making a difference!
Did you know that one of the best tools for eliminating child labor is education? It makes a vast difference! Our Education Fact Sheet puts it like this:

 “Children who are forced out of school and into labor to help their families make ends meet are denied the opportunity to acquire the knowledge and skills needed for gainful future, thereby perpetuating the cycle of poverty and child labor…For every child that is subject to labor today is another uneducated adult or parent for the generations of tomorrow…Educating children helps reduce poverty. Education will give the next generation the tools to fight poverty and conquer disease. Educating a girl dramatically reduces the chance that her child will die before age five.  Furthermore, educated girls are likely to marry later and have fewer children, who in turn will be more likely to survive and be better nourished and educated.”

One of the most heartbreaking facts about child labor is how it reinforces the cycles of poverty and disease, stripping both children and nations of a hopeful future. No one should have to live with that, no person should start their life with their future already taken away from them! Education helps give it back. Education helps break the cycle, and creates a new one: one of empowerment and of hope, as it provides the knowledge and skills needed for the gainful future that each child deserves!

Join us today, and be a part of the movement towards ending child labor! If education is the key, let’s put that tool into the hands of as many children as possible!

Donate towards our education programs today >>

Want to read more? Check out our fact pages on Child Labor and on Education!

Heart Condition Healed!

This video shares the story of Ernest Sitali - a Father's Heart child sponsorship administrator - who was healed of a very serious and life threatening heart condition. Our team ministered to him last August while we were in Lusaka doing a youth conference.

Our Work: Clean Water Wells

Clean water is a basic need that no one should live without, and yet around the world today some 894 million are being deprived of this necessity for life. That’s more than one in six people! Perhaps the greatest tragedy is the disease that is ravaging many in Africa for a reason that is easily reversed. Did you know that every 20 seconds a child dies as a result of poor sanitation? That’s 1.5 million preventable deaths each year! The more we have gotten involved with Africa’s beautiful people, the more we have seen how this issues has wrecked havoc on their communities. Many draw their daily water, used for cooking, cleaning, and drinking, from dirty and polluted sources, resulting in much unnecessary pain and disease. But together we can make a difference! With our Clean Water Programs we are taking every opportunity we can to dig new wells and install pumps, so entire communities can have access to clean, safe, water, and avoid countless diseases and deaths with this one basic effort!

Join Us Today! >>