At AICS, we refuse to treat these numbers as mere statistics. Instead, we translate them into action, crafting five visionary strategies that blend policy innovation, community engagement, and private-sector leverage. We work hand in glove with national governments to redefine “light work” in legislation, ensuring that our definitions align with both the International Labour Organization’s conventions and the lived experiences of children documented in our fieldwork. Through open-access policy briefs and high-impact digital toolkits, we equip local CBOs, faith-based organizations, and municipal leaders with the data and frameworks they need to spot exploitative domestic arrangements and intervene before harm deepens. 

Our approach is comprehensive. We connect families to conditional cash transfers and vocational training, thereby removing the economic pressures that too often force children into labour in the first place. Simultaneously, we partner with major retail and agribusiness companies to establish child-labour–free supply chains, setting a new benchmark for ethical sourcing in African markets. In communities where traditional monitoring mechanisms falter, we’ve embedded resident “child-rights ambassadors” who use mobile reporting apps to map risks in real time, turning once-invisible households into touchpoints for protection and support. With the growing number of sexual exploitation online, these interventions are geared to be scaled up across Africa. 

We are currently planning the first Child Domestic Work Convening in Eastern Africa to shed more light on the second biggest sector employing children in Eastern Africa to be held in July 2025. Our vision is clear: no child should be consigned to servitude by circumstance, culture, or commerce.