Effects of child Labour

The effects of child labour on a child can sometimes be irreversable. The can include cuts, burns, broken bones and sometimes even death. In the story of Iqbal Masih, he was able tp escape his carpet factory, but wound up being murdered by the workers of the factory. Many children after they escape are also not able to find there way back home. This is because the factory may be somewhere they have never been before and they do not know how they got there. In some cases, children are very lucky, because the people that have helped themm escaped, also agree to take care of them and nurse them back to health. I truly wish all child labour stories could end up like this.

Merry Christmas everybody! Just a reminder to keep a place in your hearts open for the poor innocent kids chained to a carpet loom. That have never been able to experience a true Christmas. It is a time of remembering all of the kids under labour.

The carpet loom

This young girl works day and night, tying little knots to make beautiful embelished carpets. She is chained to a carpet loom and works for little pay and little food. This is extremly unfare, because she faces the danger of severly inguring herself from the sharp knifes used to cut the treads and starvation from lack of food.
 

Recent child labour stories in NORTH AMERICA!

 Meatpacking

In early August 2008, Iowa Labor Commissioner David Neil announced that his department had found that Agriprocessors a kosher meatpacking company in Postville which had recently been raided by Immigration and Customs Enforcement, had employed 57 minors, some as young as 14, in violation of state law prohibiting anyone under 18 from working in a meatpacking plant. Neil announced that he was turning the case over to the state Attorney General for prosecution, claiming that his department's inquiry had discovered "egregious violations of virtually every aspect of Iowa's child labor laws."  Agriprocessors claimed that it was at a loss to understand the allegations. Agriprocessors' CEO went to trial on these charges in state court on May 4, 2010. After a five-week trial he was found not guilty of all 67 charges of child labor violations by the Black Hawk County District Court jury in Waterloo, Iowa on June 7, 2010.
 Firestone
The Firestone Tire and Rubber Companyoperate a metal plantation in Liberia which is the focus of a global campaign called Stop Firestone. Workers on the plantation are expected to fulfil a high production quota or their wages will be halved, so many workers brought children to work. The International Labor Rights Fund filed a lawsuit against Firestone (The International Labor Fund vs. The Firestone Tire and Rubber Company) in November 2005 on behalf of current child laborers and their parents who had also been child laborers on the plantation. On June 26, 2007, the judge in this lawsuit in Indianapolis, Indiana denied Firestone's motion to dismiss the case and allowed the lawsuit to proceed on child labor claims.


Information provided from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Child_labour#Recent_child_labor_incidents

Iqbal Masih

As you will read in the following story, a true story about how child labour ruined Iqbal's life...permenantly

http://www.thirdworldtraveler.com/Heroes/Iqbal_Masih.html

Fun facts

Globally, 218 million children are child labourers
• 126 million of these children are engaged in hazardous work
• 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
• The highest proportion of working children is in sub-Saharan Africa, where nearly one third of the children aged 14 and under (48 million children) are in the labour force
• 8.4 million children are trapped in slavery, trafficking, debt bondage, prostitution, pornography and other illicit activities
The number of children involved in armed conflicts has increased to about 300,000 over the past decade.

Between 40 and 50 per cent of all forced labourers are chidren
• 1.2 million of these children have been trafficked (bought and/or sold)
Where do children work?
• Nearly 70% are in agriculture (rural children, especially girls, usually start working in this industry when they are very young, often between 5 and 7 years of age)
• 22% are in services, including wholesale and retail trade, restaurants and hotels, transport, personal services, etc
• 9% are in industry, including mining and quarrying, manufacturing and construction
Information gathered from http://www.freethechildren.com/getinvolved/geteducated/childlabour.htm

Intersting sights

Hey followers! just to let you know I've posted some sights with tidbits of information for you to check out. Also, the last one has information on how to donate.Remember, we can make the difference that the world needs! Enjoy!
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http://www.freethechildren.com/getinvolved/youth/issues/index.php?type=childlabour&gclid=CKjT7IWF1qUCFQS7KgodbCGJmA

http://www.worlded.org/WEIInternet/projects/ListProjects.cfm?Select=Topic&ID=14&ShowProjects=No&gclid=CNLpvZSF1qUCFYQUKgod9y_FkA

http://www.globalmarch.org/supportus/

A small example of how child labour is now the only thing that this young child knows. Its a sad sight to see.

Hey everybody! I hope you are all enjoying learning about child labour. Its a very serious topic but if we all work together, we CAN make a difference. Please comment and post ideas of your own. Thanks again!
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The children need help!

Many children around the worldin third world countries are under the horrible experiance of child labour. They are forced to work long hours for little pay, and many of them are not able to escape. Their are already many people around the world trying to helpbut now they need your help. These people are helping children escape and gain an education that they should have the right to have. Below is a graph showing the percentage of child labour in different classes. You will be shoked at the results.

What is Child labour?

Child labor refers to the employment of children at regular and sustained labor. It is considered exploitative by many international organizations and is illegal in many countries. Child labor was utilized to varying extents through most of history, but entered public dispute with the advent of universal schooling, with changes in working conditions during the industrial revolution, and with the emergence of the concepts of workers' and children's rights.