Wednesday, December 2, 2009

Child Labor

Do you know where the shoes, clothes, dishes or cups you had been using, had come from? Of course! We know it came from the store where we bought it. But, where does this store get its inventory? Let me be an tourist once, to take our travelers to discover this question. There are about 218 million children working illegally in the eyes of world. Child labour was defined as all economic activity for children under 12 years, any work for those about aged 12-14 of sufficient hours per week to undermine their health or education, and all "hazardous work" which could threaten the health of children under 18. Almost all child labour occurs in developing countries, like Pakistan, Africa, China, and India.
There are over 25% of children in sub-Saharan Africa and 18% in Asia remain trapped within the cycle of poverty of which child labour is part.

The first country we are heading to is Pakistan, Pakistan is a poor country and because of its government policies, Pakistan is always helpness. The government in Pakistan was quiet on this issue and they only know to keep begging for money from other countries, for about 61 years, they wouldn't think about how do the poor people survive life in order to meet the basic requirement for standard living, especially the money, also because of a lack of knowledge or education of the child, many of them start to use drugs and also die because of the very poison they are supplied with (drugs). This is some pictures reflecting the society of child labour. . .












The next day we will explore and discover more about Child Labour in Pakistan.












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