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ACE is proud to once again participate in the Tokyo Marathon 2027 Charity Program, taking place on March 7, 2027. The 2027 race marks the 20th edition of the Tokyo Marathon, making it a special year to be part of this iconic event. Run for Change. Run with ACE. Help create a brighter future for children with every step. We look forward to welcoming you to Team ACE! How to Apply 1️⃣ Visit the Tokyo Marathon 2027 Charity website 　→ https://www.runwithheart.jp/news/list/19/20/?t

In recognition of World Day Against Child Labour next week, we would like to warmly invite you to the webinar to join US child labour survivor advocate, Jacqueline, and other youth representatives from around the world for a virtual conversation centered on the voices of children and youth with lived experience. Date: June 11, 2026 Time: 3:00 - 4:15 PM CEST | 10:00-11:15 PM JST Venue: Online Register here: https://lnkd.in/eNHAVCDb Organized by: Action against Child Exploitati

(Originally published: December 2025) Thank you always for your continued support. From November 24–26, 2025, three ACE staff members — Yuka Iwatsuki, Yukiko Sato, and I (Yuko Kawamura) — attended the 14th UN Forum on Business and Human Rights held in Geneva, Switzerland. This international conference brings together individuals working in this field from governments, international organizations, businesses, civil society organizations, trade unions, lawyers, and academia

We spoke with one of our long-time ACE Charity Runners, Dr. Yumi Shimano, about what inspired him to start running, how fundraising changed his perspective, and why he keeps coming back. Meet Dr. Shimano Dr. Yumi Shimano is an internal medicine and pediatric physician who started running in April 2023 — with zero experience. Since then, he has run as an ACE Charity Runner in the Tokyo Legacy Half Marathon 2023 Charity and 2024 Charity, and the Tokyo Marathon 2025 Charity.

ACE will participate in the Tokyo Marathon 2027 Charity [Sunday, March 7, 2027] as a donation recipient organization. ■ Use of donations (planned) Donations from the Tokyo Marathon 2027 Charity will support ACE’s initiatives to eliminate child labour, including: Educational support and school preparation Vocational training for youth Income-generating support for families Community awareness programs These efforts are primarily carried out in Ghana, along with

Run as a Charity Runner with ACE The Tokyo Legacy Half Marathon 2026 Charity will take place on Sunday, October 18, 2026. Charity Runners from around the world are welcome to participate. If you are interested in joining as a Charity Runner, we invite you to support ACE (Action against Child Exploitation) and help us work toward a world free from child labour. About the Race For more details about the event, please visit the official website: Tokyo Legacy Half Marathon 2

Join ACE at the Online Side Event: Integrated, Multistakeholder Partnership Solutions to End Child Labour — Ghana’s Experience and Lessons for Cross-Country Learning Action against Child Exploitation (ACE) is pleased to co-host a side event at the 6th Global Conference on the Elimination of Child Labour in Marrakesh. This session will spotlight innovative, integrated, multistakeholder approaches that have been implemented in Ghana to combat child labour, drawing on rich,

With Tokyo Marathon 2026 Charity just around the corner, we are pleased to host a conditioning run event designed to help runners prepare both physically and mentally for race day. This event is open not only to ACE Charity Runners, but also to anyone interested in running a marathon for charity. Through light running and stretching, participants will learn how to properly condition their bodies during the crucial pre-race period. In addition to training, the event offers a

ACE has officially launched our "ACE Holiday Giving 2025" campaign on GlobalGiving to support children in cocoa-growing communities in Ghana. Through this winter initiative, we aim to create better opportunities for children and families affected by child labour in the cocoa industry. In Ghana, many children are still unable to attend school due to economic hardship at home. To address this challenge, ACE provides support in two key areas: What Your Support Makes Possible 📚

From left: Tim Ryan (Global March), Yuka Iwatsuki (ACE), Esther Ofori Agyemang (Ghana Ministry of Labour), Reid Maki (Child Labor Coalition), Jacqueline Aguilar (Former child labourer), Daniel Magalhaes (Tony’s Chocolonely) 2025 is the target year for ending all forms of child labour stated in SDG Target 8.7. In the light of this important year, Action against Child Exploitation (ACE) has organized an official off-site side event of the United Nations High-Level Political Fo

Dialogue on SDG Target 8.7 to End Child Labour by 2025: How can we achieve a child labour-free world? Date: Wednesday, July 16, 2025 Time: 13:15–14:30 (EDT) Venue: 777 United Nations Plaza, 8th Floor, New York Format: Hybrid (in-person & online) Language: English Despite the global pledge to eliminate child labour by 2025 under SDG Target 8.7, there are still 138 million children trapped in child labour—over half of them in sub-Saharan Africa. With the 2025 deadline appr

Applications are now closed. Tokyo Legacy Half Marathon 2025 will be held on October 19 (Sun), and runners from overseas can participate! If you are interested in running the Tokyo Legacy Half Marathon 2025 through the charity runner program, please consider choosing ACE as the charity that your run will support. For more detailed information regarding the Tokyo Legacy Half Marathon 2025, please take a look at the website below: Tokyo Legacy Half Marathon 2025 https://legacyh

ACE will participate in the Tokyo Marathon 2026 [Sunday, March 1, 2026] Charity as a donation recipient organization. ■ Use of donations (planned) Donations from “Tokyo Marathon 2026” will be used to aid villages in Ghana in becoming child labour-free, including school preparation and support, vocational training, support for improving household income, and community awareness raising. Additionally, the funds will be allocated to advocacy, support, and research initiatives in

Tokyo Marathon 2025 will be held on March 2nd, 2025, and the charity runner applications will start from 11:00 am on June 25th, 2024 (JST).

Tokyo Legacy Half Marathon 2024 will be held on October 20 (Sun), and runners from overseas can participate! If you are interested in running the Tokyo Legacy Half Marathon 2024 through the charity runner program, please consider choosing ACE as the charity that your run will support. For more detailed information regarding the Tokyo Legacy Half Marathon 2024, please take a look at the website below: Tokyo Legacy Half Marathon 2024 https://legacyhalf.tokyo/en/ Charity Runn

In 2019, ACE became a charity recipient organization for the Tokyo Marathon Charity, and so far more than 400 runners have supported ACE through donations and participation in the Tokyo Marathon. Piyush Gudka, an accomplished professional consultant and world-class endurance athlete and coach, has been an ACE charity runner since 2019 and an ACE Charity Ambassador since 2020. Born in Kenya to an Indian family, he currently lives in London and travels the world running, coachi

【Application Period: June 26th ~ July 13, 2023】 Tokyo Marathon 2024 will be held on March 3rd, 2024, and the charity runner applications will start on June 26th, 2023. If you are interested in running the Tokyo Marathon through the charity runner program, please consider choosing ACE as the charity that your run will support. ACE is dedicated to the eradication of all forms of child exploitation and to creating happy childhoods and brighter futures for children around the wo

The Tokyo Legacy Half Marathon was established last year in 2022. This year, it will be held on October 15 (Sun), and runners from overseas can participate! If you are interested in running the Tokyo Legacy Half Marathon 2023 through the charity runner program, please consider choosing ACE as the charity that your run will support. Please click on the video below to watch last year's Tokyo Legacy Half Marathon 2022. For more detailed information regarding the Tokyo Legacy Hal

The Global March Against Child Labour invites you to a webinar, ”Area-Based Approach experiences towards tackling child labour". In this webinar, we share the experience of the area-based approach to preventing and eradicating child labour and protecting adolescent workers. Objective To share different experiences of implementing area-based approaches to prevent and eliminate child labour and protect adolescent workers in different regions and contexts with civil society orga

Hello everyone! My name is Mizuki Mori, India Project Manager. Thank you very much for your warm support for ACE's activities. ACE, together with our local partner organization SPEED, is conducting the "Peace India Project" in a cotton-producing rural area in Telangana State, India, to protect children from child labor and support their education. In this post, I would like to inform you of the extension of the project period for the project currently being implemented in thr