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Adia, the survivor
(Short Story)
25-07-2007
by salamatu seidu
As commonly seen in most extended families of West Africa, Adia, a seven year old girl was sent to her auntie, Osiwa to assist her in her daily activities. Osiwa happens to be very rich but without a child. Adia's parents were confident that...
Causes and Contributions
(Opinions)
11-07-2007
by Jared Otieno Oloo
Child labor is widely spread in the poor regions of Kenya. A question not that many people dealing with the issue of child labor ask is why does it happen? I have found out in my own research some of the things that have led to the widespread of...
Child Labour and the Need for Education
(Opinions)
29-06-2007
by Z Maani
General questions have been laid out before me:
1. Employing a child in hazardous conditions is worse than employing an adult in hazardous conditions. Do you agree?
2. In places where child labour exists, should children be paid the same as...
Child Labour: Is it a Blessing to the Children or a Curse?
(Opinions)
15-06-2007
by erick ochieng otieno
Sweating and panting, you would see most children in the streets, plantations, factories and anywhere there is work to be done. On many occasions, the children are given the duties that many older people would consider degrading to them. It is...
Disappearing Behind the Wall of Child Labour
(Opinions)
23-06-2007
by katie
I am not sure where to begin. I am not sure if what I say will even make a difference, and if it does, I will not worry about the credit I get, but more so the credit that will benefit the world.
I may be the only one who notices this, but then...
Exploitative Child Labour in Cocoa-Producing West African Nations.
(Opinions)
30-06-2007
by DR PEDUS C EWEAMA
With 44% coming from Ivory Coast, 15% from Ghana, 7% from Nigeria and 4% from Cameroon, West Africa produces 70% of world’s cocoa consumption. However, the majority of this cocoa is being produced with the use of child labour. According to the...
Gifted Hands
(Poetry)
27-06-2007
by dare oshinuga
Not for once have
The klieg-lights lighted
On these fingers that
Built up your wardrobe
These fingers, fragile
Days yet numbered
Uncatered for, worked to china brittleness
These fingers that threaded
The sequins tight into
Your Cannes...
Is it Neo-Slavery?
(Poetry)
17-06-2007
by Odimegwu Onwumere
It is inimical, criminal and bestial
Especially when a child
Is forcefully taken on the road
To work as slaves in oddity;
Sometimes the oldest is eleven.
They are sometimes
Isolated from the outside world
For a long period of time
They...
Lest We Forget
(Opinions)
28-06-2007
by Jocelyn Sweet
Child labour takes all sorts of forms. Boys wash city buses in Mexico. Girls sell kebabs in Ghana and fruit in Bangladesh. Some sell themselves in Thailand. Boys kill each other in Uganda. All around them, their societies function and accept their...
Remembering Ali
(Opinions)
20-07-2007
by Peter Saval Mutung'u M
Saturday
Ali arose to the searing pain in his back & in that moment he feels sad that his wish to die in his sleep was not granted. He quickly puts on his tattered shirt & shorts, it’s another day, he recalls that his stepfather said he...
Skipping Childhood
(Opinions)
27-06-2007
by Wilson
Millions of children have been poured into the streets of all urban centers in the developing world; they are the by-product of the absorbent modern society that often centralizes jobs, housing and services, where those who cannot afford it do not...
Tackling Child Labour at the Root
(Opinions)
19-06-2007
by Mhlalisi Ncube
I think the prevalence of child labour is because of many complex difficult situations that children, especially from poor countries find themselves in. Poverty forces children out of their homes and oftentimes, out of school and into work....
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