Wednesday, April 14, 2010

CHILDS LABOUR

By Fredrick Ochieng


A child is anyone below the age of 18 years according to the Kenyan constitution. Child labour is the excessive and forced work that children undertake that causes or may result into physical and mental torture and also hinders them from enjoying their rights, e.g. right to education.
The major cause of child labour is poverty, some employees tend to employ young children to benefit fully from them by paying them little wages, it’s also caused by limited access of children to school. But should children work!!!
Yes, children should work and MUST only take duties after school, and also should work for learning purposes, they should also work always under parental care and should be tasks that develop their skills, morals and responsibilities of the same children. The duties MUST NOT be exploitative or reduce children abilities.
The picture shows an example of child labour as a young girl is left behind to take on all domestic duties and not attending school due to poverty in which the both parents are out in search of enough income and resources to cutter for the family which sometimes is always very difficult. Others are forced to take care of their young siblings plus they don’t get the chances to socialize with other children. But who to blamed!!!
Let join up to HAULT child’s labor and support children’s education and rights..

By Fredrick Ochieng, 17

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