Doorstep Learning offers education and a route out of child labour for girls employed as full-time domestic workers. Through sessions run by community teachers at their workplace, children develop literacy, numeracy and life skills and are supported to progress onto school or vocational training.
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Children who are sent to work to contribute to the household income are denied their right to go to school. Without an education their life chances become extremely limited, with few opportunities to improve their situation. Girls who work as domestic servants often live in their employer's home - hidden behind closed doors they become an invisible workforce and are highly vulnerable to exploitation and abuse. They have little hope for a future other than hard work and early marriage.
Liaising closely with child domestic workers, their families and employers, community teachers deliver basic literacy, numeracy and life skills sessions for each child three times a week. Children also develop awareness and agency on children's rights, civic responsibilities, health, wellbeing and life choices. The 2-hour sessions are run in employers' homes in small groups or 1:1. Through family advocacy, children are supported to progress from work into state school or vocational training.
