While we are fighting child labor in our industry of sports balls, several other groups are fighting the good fight in their respective industries. Learn more here.

I’m convinced that by marrying the Fair Trade movement to the No Child Labor movement, we can create a lasting solution that truly does eliminate child labor from this industry. How? By focusing on the root problem: extreme poverty.

While this is a complex matter (start with reading Jeffrey Sachs’ The End of Poverty), the simple one-sentence version is this: pay the parents a fair, living wage and they will not be forced to ask their children to work. As a family unit, they will be able to survive and thrive.

While this is an enormous worldwide problem, you can help today by supporting the Fair Trade movement and getting involved.