Approximately 218 million children are working, many of them in unfree or dangerous conditions. In order to address this issue fully, businesses and nonprofits must work together to remove children from the workplace while avoiding detrimental economic consequences for impoverished families. Child labor reduces consumer costs and increases profits, however, today the ethics regarding labor are shifting- consumers are becoming more concerned with ethical supply chains. In order to create sustainable change, it is crucial to create opportunities for community development in order to ensure that children who are removed from the workplace, do not have to return to it.
See "Supply, Demand And Child Labor: How Businesses And Nonprofits Can Get Kids Out Of Factories", Craig Kielburger, Forbes, June 12, 2019