Child Labour
by: Mikayla
What do you think when the word child labour is mentioned? Words connected to child labour are-- working children, hard work, no education, missing school, no play, away from family, kidnapped, hurting, lonely, smugglers, drug trafficking, slaved and abused. There are some describable words that I can’t say.
What is child Labour?
Many families are taking their children out of school and sending them to work. In the recent decades millions of children are being used as slaves.There is an estimate of 215 child labourers around the world, about 114 million are in Asia, 14 million in the Pacific, 7% live in Latin America and 30% live in sub- Saharan Africa.
Where do they work?
Do you know who pick the bananas you eat or who cut the flowers that you give your mother for mother's day, the yummy chocolates you eat, and the soft jacket and clothes you wear? Do you appreciate the fruits and vegetables you have? Well, you might be surprised, a child did that. The International Labour organisation thinks that 215 million children between the ages of 5 to 17 are underaged children working in an explosive and dangerous places. About 60% of child labourers are involved in hunting, mining, fishing, agriculture and forestry. Most bananas come from Ecuador, cotton from Egypt and Benin, cut flowers from Columbia, oranges are picked in Brazil, cocoa from Ivory coast, tea from Argentina and Bangladesh.
What is the cause of child labour?
Families extremely poor encouraged their children to work and men are greedy and want more money. They (the manufacturers) trick the children to work for them and they say they will pay them. But they don’t. They employ children but don’t pay them. Poor families are desperate and make their children work, even if it's only 10 cents a week. So this means children are putting all their hard work into this but not getting anything in return. Is this fair? Is this right?
This is not fair for children, children should not work. The poor people should have cared and supported them. Provide poor families with food, shelter and water so they will not use their own children to work for them. The children are missing out in learning in school and this will affect them when they're older. Without education they can’t get a good job and raise their own family. Don’t you think they should just be kids who play, go to school and able to have fun. We need to help the poor children in poor countries- help the UNICEF. Let's say no to child labour.
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By Mikayla
by: Kaydence
Screaming, shouting, crying! Children are doing this nearly all the time, you know why? Because children are getting put into Child Labour! Imagine taking an innocent child away from their families without the parents knowing? Or if you were that little kid how would you feel? Well this is how all the children feel because they get kidnapped to go into Child Labour!
What is child labour? Well child labour is when people use children as work force in businesses illegally or when they kidnap children and force them to work. Countries such as Philippines, Mexico, Indonesia, Vietnam, and BRIC countries which stands for Brazil, Russia, India and China perform child labour. About 60% of children are taken and put into child labour to fish, hunt and more.
Children in Ecuador are used to get bananas, in the Ivory Coast they are used to get cocoa beans, in Columbia children are used to cut flowers, in Brazil they are used to gather oranges and in Argentina and Bangladesh they are used to get tea. Children who are in Child Labour don’t get a proper education because they are away working.
How are children protected from smugglers? They are protected from smugglers because of their human rights, all children and adults have rights to stand up and say no to child labour. People take children into child labour because they want to make the most money they can.
Some families who are in poor countries depend on child labour to help support them with the basic needs of life. Children as young as five are placed into child labour up to the age of fourteen years. UNICEF (United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund) tries to help put an end to child labour, their company was founded in 1947 and they try give kids what they need.
Child labour is wrong and it should not happen to innocent children! I think that we should put an end to child labour and help those poor children in need! You can help UNICEF by donating to them to help stop child labour!
http://borgenproject.org/10-child-labor-facts/
Great reports everyone! I love all of your explanations on child labor. Keep up the amazing work:)
ReplyDeleteHi everyone! I had difficulty in choosing whose work to post. You all have done great justice in explaining child labour. Indeed your voice is heard globally. I enjoyed reading all your work and very proud of it all. Next term, let's all share our insights and feelings about this issue in class. Kia Kaha!
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