Owner: Child Miners - A Cry For Help! URL:http://www.blogtoplist.com/submit-blog.html Join Date: Tue, 09 Dec 2008 04:08:22 -0600 Rating:0 Site Description: Dedicated to raising awareness about the very important global issue of child labour.
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Kids working in African gold mines 2008-08-10 16:36:00 Abou Keita, approximately 5 years old, pans for gold at the Djikouloumba mine, near the Kankan region, in Guinea, April 27, 2008.(AP Photo/Rukmini Callimachi) TENKOTO, Senegal - A reef of gold buried beneath this vast, parched grassland arcs across some of the world's poorest countries. Where the ore is rich, industrial mines
carve it out. Where it's not, the poor sift the earth.These hards Read more:African
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The Child Workers of Afghanistan 2008-06-02 04:56:00 Thousands of children as young as four are being forced to work in brick factories in Afghanistan
. Some of them work up to 12 hours a day, to help pay off debts owed by their families.Source: Al Jazeera Read more:Workers
Project Niger 2008-05-09 08:27:00 Exploitation of Children - "The enslavement and trafficking of Africans are disturbing and persistent problems for a continent already battling political, economic and health concerns. But growing international awareness of the crisis, and new laws, may limit the exploitation of Africans." The problem of child labour, slavery and exploitation of labour in general is getting worse particular Read more:Project
What can we do to help? 2008-04-27 09:04:00 1. Small donations can make a world of difference for children living in poverty and working in situations of child labour. According to "Free The Children":- $1 can buy $10 worth of medical supplies for people in developing countries- $50 can buy a goat that will provide a source of income for a family in a developing country- $100 can provide a clean water system for a family in a developing cou
Child Miners 2008-04-17 10:34:00 Jorge would like to be a lawyer but has no choice other than to work all day until his back hurts. Alex works in the mine because he has nothing to eat. He doesn’t tell his mother about his work because it makes her cry. These thirteen year old boys sneak into mines that the adults find too dangerous or too unproductive for the back-breaking labour it entails. For the small amounts of tin left i
Child Labour - Child Miners 2008-04-17 05:23:00 "The change starts within each one of us, and ends only when all children are free to be children." - Craig Kielburger, Free The ChildrenMillions of children around the world - who should be playing baseball or at school learning algebra - are working. They work in damaging and hazardous industries like forestry, brick making, charcoal burning, mining and explosives manufacture. On a daily basis, Read more:Labour
Under construction 2008-04-01 04:44:00 If you’re reading this and you’re not me, then welcome!I’m sorry this blog is still under construction, but shortly it will become very coherent with stories, news, updates and a lot of variations on the theme Child Miners.
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