depriving them of the opportunity to attend school or limits their attendance due to excessively long and heavy work. Some children engaged in harmful work experience its worst forms - including slavery, forced and bonded work, child trafficking, illicit activities, and involvement in armed conflict, prostitution or pornography. Save the Children recognizes that not all forms of work are harmful. Many children and youths may benefit from being economically active, such as through light work that can be combined with school. Save the Children addresses the complexity of children and work in both development and emergencies contexts, by combining our expertise in child protection, economic strengthening, health and education to create opportunities for children to become healthy, educated and empowered citizens. We advocate on social protection for the prevention of harmful work, support in transition from harmful work to decent work, and conduct awareness raising programmes in communities, where children, parents and employers are involved.1d:T436,

In November 2013, Lebanon pledged to eliminate the worst forms of child labour by 2016, through the enactment of a national action plan. As part of efforts to support this plan, the International Labour Organization (ILO), the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), and Save the Children International (SCI) commissioned this study, upon the request of Lebanon’s Ministry of Labour (MOL). The study’s main purpose is to assess the magnitude and profile of children living and working on the streets – also known as street-based children (SBC) – as well as formulate evidence-based and actionable policy recommendations.

The recommendations of this study are targeted at government, civil society, international agencies as well as local non-governmental organizations (NGO) and focus on four key pillars:

enforce relevant legislation;
reintegrate SBC into education and provide basic services;
intervene at the household-leve