(Baonghean.vn) - While children around the world are happily welcoming the new school year, there are still children who have to work to make a living in miserable conditions.
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There are currently more than 200 million children in the world who have to work every day to earn a living. Photo: Internet |
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Child laborers in the world are between the ages of 5 and 17. Photo: Internet |
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Child labor is present everywhere in the world, but is most common in developing countries. Photo: Internet |
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About 129 million of the 200 million child laborers do work considered hazardous. Photo: Internet |
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Children work in a variety of industries such as mining, construction, and even drug trafficking and prostitution...Photo: Internet |
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The burden of making a living weighs heavily on the young shoulders of these poor children. For them, having enough to eat is already a difficult task, and going to school and playing like other children seems like a distant dream. |
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Many children are forced to work in the tobacco industry, exposed to nicotine poisoning equivalent to smoking 50 cigarettes a day. Photo: Internet |
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Child laborers working in the chocolate industry have to climb cocoa trees and cut the beans with knives. This is clearly not a safe job for any child. Photo: Internet |
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The two leading causes of this phenomenon are poverty and lack of education. Photo: Internet |
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Most child labor is unpaid. Only 20% of child laborers are paid for the work they do. Photo: Internet |
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The cost of hiring child labor is very cheap and there is always a large number of poor children ready to take on the job. Photo: Internet |
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Although they are still very young, they have to work hard to earn money to feed their families. Photo: Internet |
Kim Ngoc
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