Completely unimaginable for us, but common for children, mostly in Africa and Asia. There is probably no need to explain why young children should not be doing work intended for adults. It is often very physically exhausting even for adults. Unfortunately, these poor families cannot afford to pay for education for their children, and often they are forced to let them work too, because every helping hand that earns a little money comes in handy.
When and why we commemorate this day
We commemorate World Day Against Child Labour on June 12 thanks to the initiative of the UN and the ILO (International Labour Organization). Last year, around 170 million children in African and Asian countries were forced to work. Unfortunately, the coronavirus pandemic did not help much. Children often work all day, and the financial reward for their work often does not even cover their basic needs for living. Children most often work in agriculture, services, and industry, and they are children aged 5 to 14. These children face both physical and psychological harm at work. Their rights are restricted, they cannot receive an education, and this cycle of poverty is then passed from generation to generation.
How you can help
You can help by not being indifferent and supporting poor families with a donation. Whether through financial support or by buying anything from the Unicef e-shop, anything counts.
In everyday life, you can buy products labeled Fair Trade. These are usually coffee, tea, cocoa, bananas, cane sugar, cereals, rice, etc. Fair Trade means that no children worked on the production of the products and that everyone involved in their production was paid fairly.
Support working children with us and let us give them the chance to live a dignified life together, just as our children can, at least partly.
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