Beneath the Barcode Resources

Downloadable Interactive Action Kit

Interactive Action Kit provides the tools and information you need to get started as an advocate for children.

Explore the Exhibit

Videos

Engaging kids tell us about the the wide range of products that 168 million children trapped in child labor produce. If you like it, please remember to click...

(May 14, 2014) Child labor is common on tobacco farms in the United States, where children are exposed to nicotine, toxic pesticides, and other dangers. Chil...

Here are a few electronic recycling tips. Old gadgets usually end up in your closet or your garage and stay there for years! You should donate or recycle you...

E-waste, the term given to discarded electronic appliances, is often shipped by developed nations to poorer countries such as Ghana. RTD visits the country's...

Children In The Fields is a short documentary about the hidden problem of migrant children working in U.S. agriculture today. Farmworker children, parents an...

Students from the Broad Meadows School in Quincy, MA donate a day's work landscaping, painting, and doing odd jobs for neighbors to raise money for the educa...

Apps

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check to avoid products made with forced or child labor (Developed by the USDOL/ILAB)

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The Child Trafficking Awareness app is released by the NGO Safe and Secure. Its goal is to raise awareness and inform by providing a short course about human trafficking. Each module only takes a few minutes to complete. Free in the Apple Store.

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TraffickCam enables you to help combat sex trafficking by uploading photos of the hotel rooms you stay in when you travel.

Slavery Footprint

Ever wondered if your life contributes to slavery? This app asks you a series of questions and then provides you with a “score” of how many slaves work to support your lifestyle. What is your slavery footprint?