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Table 71

Social groups targeted by the programme (2006–2007), including child workers, their peers and their families, employers, civil society organizations and schoolchildren, and partnership activities of the Child Labour Unit at the Ministry of Social Affairs and Labour and rehabilitation centres for child workers in San`a City, Aden and Seiyun

Item	Target group	Number	Implementing entity	Type of activity
1	Schoolchildren in San`a City	160	Child Labour Unit + Children’s Parliament	Awareness programmes on the consequences of dropping out of school
2	Employers/informal sector	26	Child Labour Unit	Awareness and briefings about Ministerial Decision No. 56
3	Local authority	15 individuals from different sectors	Child Labour Unit + Ministry offices in different governorates	Awareness and briefings about the Government’s role in curbing child labour
4	Families of child workers	534	Rehabilitation centre for child workers (San`a City)	Awareness-raising and briefings during visits to the centre
5	Families of child workers enrolled in the centre (Sana`a City)	748	Rehabilitation centre for child workers (San`a City)	Repeat visits to ensure that children remain at the centre
6	Families of child workers enrolled in the centre (San`a City)	1 282	Rehabilitation centre for child workers (San`a City)	Microenterprise grants for two grocery stores, one chicken shop and one mechanics workshop
7	Families of child workers enrolled in the centre (San`a City)	8	Rehabilitation centre for child workers (San`a City), in cooperation with the Arab Child Protection Initiative	Interest-free microenterprise grants after training on enterprise management was provided with the help of consultants (YRI 100,000 for each family)
8	Families of children enrolled in the centre (San`a City)	12	Rehabilitation centre for child workers (San`a City), in cooperation with the Arab Child Protection Initiative	Basic financial assistance
9	Families of children enrolled in the centre (San`a City)	30	Rehabilitation centre for child workers (San`a City), in cooperation with the Arab Child Protection Initiative	Cash/food assistance
10	Families of child workers (civil society)	1 282	Child Labour Unit + rehabilitation centre for child workers (San`a City)	Visits to raise awareness and provide advice
11	Younger siblings of child workers (4 to 7 years)	433	Rehabilitation centre for child workers (San`a City)	Enrolment in the centre (San`a City)
12	Child workers of working age (14 years)	14	Rehabilitation centre for child workers (San`a City) + vocational training	Inclusion in training programmes: carpentry, the butcher’s trade and electrical devices and equipment
13	Female child workers (7 to 14 years)	76	Child Labour Unit + rehabilitation centre for child workers (San`a City)	Enrolment in the centre (San`a City) and access to services
14	Male child workers (7 to 14 years)	485	Child Labour Unit + rehabilitation centre for child workers (San`a City)	Enrolment in the centre (San`a City) and access to services
15	Child beggars (6 to 16 years)	76	Rehabilitation centre for child workers (San`a City)	Enrolment in the centre (San`a City) and access to services
16	Children’s civil society organizations	7	Child Labour Unit	Awareness-raising and briefings about Ministerial Decision No. 56
17	Child workers	152	Rehabilitation centre for child workers (Seiyun) + the Nahdah Association	Enrolment in the Seiyun rehabilitation centre for child workers
18	Child workers and their families	152 (children)	Rehabilitation centre for child workers (Seiyun) + the Nahdah Association	Withdrawal from the labour market and return to school
19	Basic education schools	35	Rehabilitation centre for child workers (Seiyun) + education bureau in Wadi Hadramawt	Awareness-raising in schools in Seiyun, Shibam and Qatan
20	Female child workers	20	Rehabilitation centre for child workers (Seiyun) + the Nahdah Association	Training programmes (home management)
21	Female child workers and their families	71	Rehabilitation centre for child workers (Aden) + the productive families programme	Access to the productive families programme
22	Families of child workers	17	Rehabilitation centre for child workers (Aden) + the Irtiqa’ Association	Loan programmes
23	Children working in fishing	203	Rehabilitation centre for child workers (Aden ) + the governorate	Enrolment in the Aden centre and access to educational and training services
24	Siblings of child workers	138	Rehabilitation centre for child workers (Aden) + the Association against Child Labour	Enrolment in the Aden centre and access to education and training services
25	Families of child workers	15	Rehabilitation centre for child workers (Seiyun) + the Nahdah Association + SFD	Scheme involving loans worth between YRI 50,000 and YRI 150,000
26	Child workers and their families (agriculture)	59	Child Labour Unit + offices of the Ministry in the governorates + occupational health and safety	Referral to health centres for treatment
27	Local civil society	-	Rehabilitation centre for child workers (Seiyun) + the Nahdah Association + mosque preachers	Awareness-raising on the dangers of random use of pesticides in agriculture, particularly for girls
28	Female child workers in agriculture	98	Rehabilitation centre for child workers (Seiyun) + Child Labour Unit	Awareness-raising on the risks of random use of pesticides in agriculture
29	Children employed in various jobs	440	Child Labour Unit + Ministry offices in the governorates	Rights awareness and granting children the freedom to play through the “Day without work” initiative

Table 72

Number of users of safe childhood centres (street children) in the governorates

Centre name	2006	2007	2008
San`a City Safe Childhood Centre	104	120	135
Aden Safe Childhood Centre	143	162	110
Ta`izz Safe Childhood Centre	149	72	169
Total	396	354	414

Table 73

Number of deported children and interceptions of children being smuggled

Years	2005	2006	2007	2008
Number of deported children	368	900	622	474
Number of interceptions of children being smuggled	269	70	453	440

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1 ^ Annexed.

2 ^ In accordance with the Committee’s concluding observations.

3 ^ Annexed hereto is a list of child-related decisions and regulations approved during the period 2003–2007.

4 ^ Report of the Training and Rehabilitation Division of the Ministry of Education, 2007.

5 ^ An education resource room is a classroom in a public school that has undergone alterations to make it suitable for a number of functions enabling it to serve as a special education alternative in the school. Its purpose is to provide a venue where pupils with disabilities can receive additional support from a special education teacher.

6 ^ Findings of the mid-term review of the basic education development project.

7 ^ Ibid.

8 ^ General Department for Inclusive Education, annual performance report (2005–2007) on implementation of the National Strategy for the Development of Basic Education (2007); mid-term review of the basic education development project (2008); General Curriculum Department, annual performance report (2005–2007); Training and Rehabilitation Section, annual performance (2005).

9 ^ Supreme Council for Education Planning, Education indicators in Yemen, 2005–2006, p. 35.

10 ^ Education for All Mid-Decade Report, Dr. Hamud al-Siyani and Dr. Insaf Abdo Kassem, August 2007.

11 ^ The National Literacy Agency, annual reports for 2001/02 and 2007/08.

12 ^ Basic education project, mid-term report, April 2008; assessment report of the annual review, 2008 Muhammad Shamakh, Deputy Director-General, Primary and Secondary Education.

13 ^ Annual performance report on implementation of the National Strategy for the Development of Basic Education, 2007.

14 ^ Education for All Mid-Decade Report.

15 ^ Reports of the Training and Further Training Section, 2006 and 2007.

16 ^ Dr. Ibrahim al-Huthi and Dr. Hamud al-Siyani, Mustawa itiqan al-kafayat al-asasiyah lil-ta`lim al-asasi lil-safayn al-rabi` wal-sadis: al-taqrir al-am, Educational Research and Development Centre, San`a, 2003 (2005 not yet published).

17 ^ Mid-term review of the basic education development project, 2005–2008.

18 ^ Supreme Council for Education Planning, Education indicators in the Republic of Yemen for 2002/03, p. 4

19 ^ Education for All Mid-Decade Report.

20 ^ Minister of Education, 26 September newspaper, 17 July 2008.

21 ^ Report of the Training and Further Training Section, 2007.

22 ^ General report on the results of the education survey (2001–2007)

23 ^ Ibid.

24 ^ Annual performance report on implementation of the National Strategy for the Development of Basic Education in 2007, p. 27, education survey results for 2002/03.

25 ^ Supreme Council for Education Planning, Education indicators in the Republic of Yemen for 2005/06, pp. 8–9.

26 ^ Education for All Mid-Decade Report, p. 40.

27 ^ Reports of the Ministry of Education.

28 ^ General reports on the periodic education survey results (2001/02–2008/09).

29 ^ General reports on periodic education survey results (2001–2007).

30 ^ Ibid.

31 ^ General reports on periodic education survey results (2001/02-2006/07); Education for All Mid-Decade Report.

32 ^ Education for All Mid-Decade Report, Dr. Hamud al-Siyani and Dr. Insaf Abdo Kassem, 2007

33 ^ General reports on periodic education survey results (2003–2007).

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