1. Child Labor in Dominican Republic
By:
Jesus Juarez
Wilfrido Orantes
Daniel Rodriguez
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2. Explanation of Child Labor in Relation to A Child Called It
Child labor is similar to a child called it because Dave is getting his childhood taken away. He is forced to do work at home and get abused by his mother. Its similar to when the owners abuse the kids for not doing work. Lastly, Dave also gets mostly no food and doesn't get paid. ( when he mows lawns or does chores)

3. Dominican Republic Facts
Continent: North America
Capital: Santo Domingo
Government Type: Democratic Republic

4. Laws of Child Labor Standards: Minimum age for a worker is 14
Minimum age for hazardous work is 18
Prohibition of forced labor
prohibition of child trafficking

5. Laws of Child Labor Standards:
prohibition of of commercial sexual exploitation
prohibition of using children in illicit activities
Minimum age for voluntary military service is 16
Compulsory education age is 18
Free public education at age 18

6. Description of child labor
domestic servants, child trafficking, and commercial sexual exploitation.
drug trafficking and illegal sales at border areas.
workers exposed to a dirty and dangerous environment in return for low wages
health standards are not enforced
students drop out of school

7. Description of child labor
work in streets or sweatshops

8. Products produced by child labor
The forms of child labor in the Dominican Republic are Agriculture, Industry, and Services
For agriculture they are Harvesting sugarcane, collecting cut cane, clearing land, and planting for sugarcane production
For industry they are Working in restaurants, bars, cantinas, and coffee shops in the foodservice industry

9. Products produced by child labor continued
Services include Street work, including vending, shining shoes, washing car windows, and sexual exploitation

10. List of ways to promote awareness
make signs
have an awareness day
donate to charities

11. THE END

12. Mary Ellen Wilson Her dad dies, became orphan
no laws of child abuse back then
born in 1864 in New York city
Mary and Thomas McCormack adopted her
Thomas died after a while and his wife was left alone

13. Mary Ellen Wilson
her foster mom whoops and beat her every day, with a twisted whip—a raw hide
cut on the left side of my forehead made by a pair of scissors
she never received love from her and was afraid to tell anyone because it meant more whips

14. Mary Ellen Wilson started letting her neighboor know through letters
she got rescued by an association ( one of the firsts)
lots wanted to adopt her , but records of marriage were checked first