Child labour project HSIE 2012

1. What did
you do
when you
were 7?
They don’t
have to be
doing this….

2. What is Child Labour?
Child Labour is the full-time employment of
children below a minimum age.
Child labour takes many forms, all of them
unequal. Child labour frequently deprives
a child of his or her right to safety,
freedom, physical and mental health,
education, personal development and
what every child needs, play.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ruh0O_mj1v0

3. Which countries allow Child
Labour?
Child labour takes place in many countries including…
• India (mainly)
• Afghanistan
• Pakistan
• Cambodia
• Vietnam
• China
• Korea
• Thailand
• Malaysia
- Places that participate in child labour

4. Why is there Child Labour?
• POVERTY - Poverty is the main reason
for child labour. Poor families require
money in order to survive, so they need to
have as many family members working as
possible. The parents of families in
extreme situations sell their children to rich
people as household workers for money.

5. Why is there Child Labour?
• LACK OF EDUCATION - The lack of
education is a massive problem in
developing countries. Because the
majority of children are uneducated, they
do not know their rights or the laws that
benefit them. As a result, they end up
being abused or used as slaves,
underpaid and forced to work even though
they are under-age.

6. How does Child Labour affect the
children, us and the world?
Child labour affects a child in so many ways,
such as the long hours of work interfering with
the child’s mental and physical health, and their
rights to a childhood, play and freedom.
Child labour affects us because a lot of the things
we buy are made by child labourers, such as
TOYS R US, KFC, Apple and Nokia.
Child labour affects the world by taking place in so
many places around the world, not just in Asia,
but also Egypt, Ecuador and the US.

7. Which companies use Child
Labour?
• Victoria Secret
• Hershey’s
• Toys R Us
• Mattel
• Speedo
• MacDonald’s
• Nike
• KFC
• Apple
• Nokia
• Gap

8. How can we prevent Child Labour?
We can prevent child labour by
not buying from companies
that use child labour and
telling others to do the same.

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