Non Government Organization

The Abrinq Foundation: 

         
           There are millions of NGOs (Non-government organizations) that are focused on child labour all over the world, The Abrinq Foundation is one of the few that focus majority of their time and money in Brazil. The Abrinq Foundation was founded in 1990, their mission has always been "to promote the protection of the rights and citizenship of children.".

            Abrinq focuses on the industrial side of things in Brazil.  In 2005 they took the idea of Fair Trade and used it on the manufacturers of sugar, steel, shoes etc. in Brazil. They would go into different factories for an inspection and see the whole process of how things were being made and depending on the result, they would allow the company to put the Abrinq seal on their products; which told the citizens that no child labour was used in the making of the product. The Abrinq Foundation didn't stop there they strongly encouraged the companies that they worked with to do a check on all of their suppliers so that the whole chain that the product was going through to be made had no child labour involved.

             In 2010 they partnered up with Save The Children and ever since then they have shifted away from the industrial problems and started to focus more on three specific things health, protection, and education. They state that even though there is a lot of work still to be done they feel like they are making progress on the issue. You can read more about the Abrinq Foundation and donate to help with the cause on their site http://fundabrinq.org.br/index.php