Jainal works in silver cooking pot factory. He is 11 years old. He has been working in this factory for three years. His work starts at 9 a.m. and ends at 6 p.m. For his work he gets 700 taka (10 USD) for a month.
7-year-old Jasmine collects rubbish from a steaming rubbish heap on a cold winter morning. She earns money to support her family by scavenging for items on the Kajla rubbish dump.
A young girl working in a brick crushing factory in Dhaka.
Children at a brick factory in Fatullah. For each 1,000 bricks they carry, they earn the equivalent of 0.9 USD.
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ReplyDeleteBrian Kern probably thinks this is ok.
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ReplyDeleteI was going to leave a comment here about how atrocious this is, and how I am proud of western civilization for freeing children from this type of horrible bondage. As a father of three girls, I recognize the precious beauty of childhood. I would have this type of child labor exist no where in the world. In truth, this article disturbs me even more than the crass insult that someone without the courage to use their real name posted prior to my own comment.
Stan - please leave Anonymous' comment up so that others can see how even a crime like the child labor in Bangladesh can be used as hate propaganda against someone with opposing political viewpoints.
But back to the child labor...what we need to do is find a way to put pressure on the Republic of Bangladesh in order to curb this activity. I will write the United States State Department and ask that our Secretary of State Hillary Clinton speak to the President about ways to encourage the Bangladesh people to begin educating their children, rather than trapping them in perpetual slavery.