• It is the responsibility of any member of the community who has information that a child’s rights are being abused to report this to the local government council.
• When a member of the community has information that a parent, guardian or person responsible for bringing up a child is able, but refuses to provide the child with enough food, housing, shelter, clothes, medical or education, the community member must report the parent, guardian, or person responsible for bringing up the child.
• Any person, including a labour union or employer’s organization, can report any person employing a child in work that is not light work.
• It is, therefore, everyone’s responsibility to report child labour or child exploitation.

• The term child work refers to light activities done by children within their homes under the observation and supervision by their families in an environment free of exploitation.
• Child work allows children to learn the roles they are expected to take on during adulthood.
• Activities such as cooking, washing and fetching firewood and water, sweeping, washing clothes and looking after animals are acceptable as a process of learning and a means of transmitting skills from parents to children.

Note: if the above work is excessive and interferes with the child’s development then it is child labour.

• Every citizen (parent, guardian, and community member) has the duty to protect children against any form of abuse.
• It is the responsibility of the parent to ensure that children do not join child labour.
• The constitution also requires the parents to provide basic education to their children.
• The role of the parents and guardians is to promote responsible parenthood or the upbringing of children.
• Children have the right to know and are cared for by their parents and protected from violence and neglect.