Child Labour

In  the normal lives of families with steady and adequate incomes, parents go to work every day and children are left to play with friends and go to school. However, such is not the case for the 218 million child labourers around the world who daily find themselves working long hours under harsh, dangerous and exploitative conditions.


They are everywhere but invisible, toiling as domestic servants in homes, labouring behind the walls of workshops, hidden from view in plantations.......


FACTS:


• 73 million working children are less than 10 years old.


• Every year, 22,000 children die in work-related accidents.


• The largest number of working children-122 million-are in the Asia-Pacific region.


• 8.4 million children are trapped in slavery, trafficking, debt bondage, prostitution, pornography and other illicit activities


What you need to know!


"It was like a prison, we were locked inside. We worked from 5 a.m. until midnight making carpets and we slept among the machines." - Kumar, child labourer


Some Causes of Child Labour:-


-Poverty-Inadequate school facilities-Family size-Immoral employers


Why we should care?


"Our greatest natural resource is the minds of our children."- Walt Disney----------------------------------------------------------"The change starts within each one of us, and ends only when all children are free to be children.”– Craig Kielburger


June 12th is World Day Against Child Labour


Help end Child Labour..because our children are the future, the geniuses of tomorrow<span> </span>In the normal lives of families with steady and adequate incomes, parents go to work every day and children are left to play with friends and go to school. However, such is not the case for the 218 million child labourers around the world who daily find themselves working long hours under harsh, dangerous and exploitative conditions.They are everywhere but invisible, toiling as domestic servants in homes, labouring behind the walls of workshops, hidden from view in plantations.......FACTS:• 73 million working children are less than 10 years old.• Every year, 22,000 children die in work-related accidents.• The largest number of working children-122 million-are in the Asia-Pacific region.• 8.4 million children are trapped in slavery, trafficking, debt bondage, prostitution, pornography and other illicit activitiesWhat you need to know!"It was like a prison, we were locked inside. We worked from 5 a.m. until midnight making carpets and we slept among the machines." - Kumar, child labourerSome Causes of Child Labour:--Poverty-Inadequate school facilities-Family size-Immoral employersWhy we should care?"Our greatest natural resource is the minds of our children."- Walt Disney----------------------------------------------------------"The change starts within each one of us, and ends only when all children are free to be children.”– Craig KielburgerJune 12th is World Day Against Child Labour Help end Child Labour..because our children are the future, the geniuses of tomorrow