Local not-for-profit association working on child labour in artisanal copper and cobalt mining communities around Kolwezi and the Tenke-Fungurume area, set up in 2022 by The Centre for Child Rights and Business with the Fair Cobalt Alliance's support and earlier called “The Hub for Child Labour Prevention and Remediation”. It was formed with local civil-society organisations: seven by a 2024 account (Alternatives for Action, ADERI, AFEDECO, HERAPIN, ICDH, LINAPEDHO and Maison Kwetu), six by The Centre's current page. It runs remediation case management, an emergency and education fund, education support for siblings and schools, and since 2026 the AD-Y youth-employment programme. Over a dozen international companies fund it, with the Fair Cobalt Alliance, its members' fee contributions and the UK FCDO's Modern Slavery Fund. The Centre reported over 80 children in remediation by May 2025, and the alliance a cumulative 95 by the end of 2025. In June 2026 it signed a memorandum with SLR Better Mining on referring child-labour cases. Its accounts come from The Centre and from the alliance, which funds it.
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The Action Hub launched the AD-Y youth-employment programme in 2026, with a first community workshop programme in Kapata and UCK in March.
has launched a new Access to Decent Work for Youth (AD-Y) programme in ASM copper and cobalt mining communities in the DRC.
Memorandum of understanding signed in June 2026 with SLR Better Mining, co-signed by The Centre for Child Rights and Business, on identifying child-labour cases and giving access to remedy: Better Mining refers the cases it finds to the Action Hub for follow-up and remediation.
SLR Better Mining will also refer identified child labour cases to the Action Hub for follow-up and remediation
The Centre reports that the Action Hub is funded by the private sector and the Fair Cobalt Alliance, including small contributions from alliance members as part of their membership fees. No amount is given.
Focused on Kolwezi and the Tenke and Fungurume area in the DRC, The Hub aims to prevent and provide targeted, long-term remediation
Established in 2022 as a local not-for-profit association, the Action Hub DRC addresses child labour risks in ASM
The Centre established the Action Hub in 2022 and develops and implements it, as its own pages and the Fair Cobalt Alliance state.
established the Child Rights Action Hub DRC in 2022. The Action Hub is set up as an association together with six local CSOs
SLR Better Mining will also refer identified child labour cases to the Action Hub for follow-up and remediation
Established in 2022 as a local not-for-profit association, the Action Hub DRC addresses child labour risks in ASM
The Centre's Action Hub page names further support through the UK FCDO's Modern Slavery Fund. No amount or period is given.
with further support from the Fair Cobalt Alliance and through the UK Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office's (FCDO) Modern Slavery Fund