Stop Child Labour

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People believe that child labour does not affect them, not realizing that the Persian rugs they put their feet on are made by suffering children in a dark, small room. They don’t realize the soccer balls that their children are kicking around outside are made by children themselves, who slave away for little or no pay at all. In 1999, approximately 250 million children are employed or enslaved across the world for little or no money at all. Imagine how these child workers are depraved from experiencing the joys of childhood. These poor children never get to play outside or enjoy a simple game. As Craig Kielburger once said "The change starts within each one of us, and ends only when all children are free to be children.”

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Child labour is a harrowing experience for anyone involved. In order to end this travesty of child labour, the world must unite as one to create coalitions and companies that aid child labourers. Desperate families sell their children in order to get a loan from corrupt employers. The child is treated like a slave; he or she has no say in the matter and can be forced to work up to 18 hours a day, seven days a week. The conditions of these children are of great public concern. U.S. Secretary of Labour Robert Reich and other notable politicians attempt ...

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