Child Labour                                                                        Vanessa Tam

Ladies and Gentlemen, I have an issue to raise your awareness of the disturbing events that were going on in India.  Child Labour is one of the most important issues in the world.  It is an issue that is worth knowing about because it is the fastest and most effective way of destroying the world’s children and you will know soon.  It is when children are being exploited and being forced to do heavy work, they do not receive any education and all this should be heard with open ears.  We know that children are being exploited simply by the income they get.  One of the main child labour sites is India. I’d like to lift up India and raise awareness of what is actually happening there and to India’s next generation of children.

Firstly, what are the causes of child labour in India?  The answer would be factory owners and others who are looking for cheap workers. They go to poor countries and either force the children out of their families or convince them with false promises. False promises include high pay, good working environment for their children, safe shelter and reasonable food quality.  But in fact, these are all fake, fake, and fake. Children of ages younger than teens are the targets to these people because they are cheap, easier to control, less experienced in fighting, and they have small nimble fingers to produce high quality products.  

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Can child labour be a moral issue? Definitely not, even though child labour is a very obvious way for poor families to get income for the family. It sounds good, doesn’t it? Others taking care of their children for them, they are fed at the same time and they get work experience as well. What is the harm in that? There is no harm! If you were thinking that, you are surely going to be proved wrong. These children are not being taken care of; instead they are being bullied and taken advantage of.  They are kept to work ...

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