A Child for a Day
India can boast about the many strides it has covered over the years. It is a global IT giant and one for the fastest growing economies in the world. But it is also home to several little boys and girls, all under the age of 14,scrambling hard to get through the day to land one meagre square meal. Some children are as young as 4 or 5 and they struggle hard to make a day’s living without any child support. Yes, child labour has dragged through the country’s soul for many years. Moreover, for a situation that is to be treated like the black plague, it has been kindled by many and we have the largest living child labour force, amounting to a whopping 30% of the total working kids in the world.
How it affects the Children
These children are forced into menial jobs to help sustain their poor families. This inevitably robs them of a chance to a proper childhood and its associated joys. It physically and mentally robs them of normal, mentalandphysical development. They are unable to get educated,become mere servants and thus never get the chance to see a healthy and prosperous life.They mentally cry to child welfare in India for support to care, unable to voice their opinions in fear of the wrath from family and employers.
The Inhumane Conditions–The Sorry State
They never get a break from work, often working through the seven days and slogging harder than their tender bodies will allow. To top it all off, they toil in absolutely inhumane conditions– dim and cramped rooms–without proper protective gear and inhaling toxic fumes and chemicals. They are subject to physical and verbal abuse by their employers and are never given a break to recoup from the fatigue.
1. Most kids are forced to such exertion for less than Rs 500 a month with long hours of labour. Some kids slog for more than 18 hours a day and, sometimes, are never allowed to leave the boundaries of the production centre or the factory.
2. According to a report by the India Tribune in 2012, even with proper child welfare in India, it would cost the country over $760 billion through a period of 20 years to put an end to this condition.
3. Children are usually trafficked into labour and the chances are that they would be sold to another form of labour after a few years. For instance,little girls are recruited in rural Nepal to work in wool and carpet looms. After they mature, they are trafficked to be sex workers over the Indian border.
India can boast about the many strides it has covered over the years. It is a global IT giant and one for the fastest growing economies in the world. But it is also home to several little boys and girls, all under the age of 14,scrambling hard to get through the day to land one meagre square meal. Some children are as young as 4 or 5 and they struggle hard to make a day’s living without any child support. Yes, child labour has dragged through the country’s soul for many years. Moreover, for a situation that is to be treated like the black plague, it has been kindled by many and we have the largest living child labour force, amounting to a whopping 30% of the total working kids in the world.
How it affects the Children
These children are forced into menial jobs to help sustain their poor families. This inevitably robs them of a chance to a proper childhood and its associated joys. It physically and mentally robs them of normal, mentalandphysical development. They are unable to get educated,become mere servants and thus never get the chance to see a healthy and prosperous life.They mentally cry to child welfare in India for support to care, unable to voice their opinions in fear of the wrath from family and employers.
The Inhumane Conditions–The Sorry State
They never get a break from work, often working through the seven days and slogging harder than their tender bodies will allow. To top it all off, they toil in absolutely inhumane conditions– dim and cramped rooms–without proper protective gear and inhaling toxic fumes and chemicals. They are subject to physical and verbal abuse by their employers and are never given a break to recoup from the fatigue.
1. Most kids are forced to such exertion for less than Rs 500 a month with long hours of labour. Some kids slog for more than 18 hours a day and, sometimes, are never allowed to leave the boundaries of the production centre or the factory.
2. According to a report by the India Tribune in 2012, even with proper child welfare in India, it would cost the country over $760 billion through a period of 20 years to put an end to this condition.
3. Children are usually trafficked into labour and the chances are that they would be sold to another form of labour after a few years. For instance,little girls are recruited in rural Nepal to work in wool and carpet looms. After they mature, they are trafficked to be sex workers over the Indian border.
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