CHILD SLAVERY BY NAIRO

WHAT IS CHILD LABOR / CHILD SLAVERY? DO YOU KNOW…?  Child labor is work that harms children or keeps them from attending school. Around the world and in the U. S., growing gaps between rich and poor in recent decades have forced millions of young children out of school and into work. In some work, dangerous materials, things are there. But anyway there are working. So sometimes in firework factory, there are some accident.

CHILD SLAVERY IN SIVAKASI Small kids are working for only a little money or sometimes no money at all!

WHY SHOULD THESE KIDS WORK INSTEAD OF STUDYING? HOW ARE THEY BEING EXPLOITED? These families are poor and so they want the children to work and earn money. however the employers take advantage of the poor children and pay them very low wages. Children working in these factories suffer a lot due to the hazardous working conditions. Also they don’t have enough time and money to spend on health issues. Filling their stomach is their prime goal. Hence by the time they grow up they lose their health and are no longer like other normal people of their age. Asthma and TB are prevalent among 90 per cent of them who are involved in gun powder filling and are directly in contact with the chemical ingredients of crackers and matches. These workers usually do not wear any protective clothes and their whole skin can be seen covered with the chemicals such as sulphur, aluminium powder and gun powder. “Snake Tablet” – one type of firework, which uses nitric acid, causes skin diseases. Working on this type of firework is considered to be highly dangerous for workers.

WHY DOES CHILD LABOR STILL EXIST? The world has now become so accustomed to the child labour in various fields that there is a constant demand for them. It is mainly because they are paid less. Therefore there is a huge demand for them despite all the disputes. This demand is being satisfied by the constant supply of unfortunate children for all kinds of reasons.

WHAT ARE THE WORKING CONDITIONS? According to official Harban Singh’s report which was conducted in 1976, in spite of working 12 hours a day younger children aged 4 – 10 earn an average of Rs. 2 per day. The older ones get maximum of Rs per day. According to a magazine published by The Hindu in april 29-may 12, 2000, children earn around Rs per day. Talking about the working conditions, according to sources children are taken to industries like animals in buses filling almost children in a bus. And they have to leave their house as early as 3a.m. in the morning and come back at 9p.m. at night. Education is nowhere in their life. They are unable to think beyond their food. It’s a fact that children are the future of any nation or community. If this condition of children prevails what can be expected for a country. According to International Labor Organization (ILO), if child labor will be banned and all children get proper education, world’s total income would be raised by nearly 22% over 20 years, which accounts for more than $4 trillion. Banning child labour will help in boosting the economy of a country.

HOW CAN WE HELP THEM? WHAT CAN BE DONE ABOUT IT? I think first we need to tell about in the world kids are working for only a little money or sometimes no money at all. A child dies every minute in India. Your Rs. 900 a month can save lives. We should not buy any thing made from slavery/labor child, we can stop doing make thing except get wage / money. Look for the Fair Trade logo!

FAIR TRADE LOGO

CHILD LABOR SHOULD BE REMOVED SOON TO ENSURE BESIC RIGHTS OF EVERY CHILD. IT HINDERS THEIR PERSONALTY DEVELOPMENT.