Sierra Leone Decries Child Labor on Children's Day
June 12 2017 By Abiodun Giwa
Every day, on the streets of Freetown, disabled men and women are directed around by young children. Young children push wheelchairs or lead blind people through the streets.
Children sell water, Mangoes or Groundnuts along the street. Children walk downtown carrying trays of Bananas, Apples or cold drinks.
Children break stones. Children haul goods through markets.
These children are supposed to be going to school, studying and playing, but instead they are pushing wheelchairs or carts, leading the blind and begging from passing cars or pedestrians. These children are making money for their families… and are victims of child labour.
As the world commemorates the Day Against Child Labour, with this year’s theme ‘in conflict and disasters, protect children from child labour’, the National Commission for Children (NCC) in collaboration with the National Commission for Persons with Disability, SLUDI and the Ministry of Labour, on Monday engaged disabled at ‘Burn Ose’ around Pademba Road, Sierra Leone, according to Awoko News.
Children sell water, Mangoes or Groundnuts along the street. Children walk downtown carrying trays of Bananas, Apples or cold drinks.
Children break stones. Children haul goods through markets.
These children are supposed to be going to school, studying and playing, but instead they are pushing wheelchairs or carts, leading the blind and begging from passing cars or pedestrians. These children are making money for their families… and are victims of child labour.
As the world commemorates the Day Against Child Labour, with this year’s theme ‘in conflict and disasters, protect children from child labour’, the National Commission for Children (NCC) in collaboration with the National Commission for Persons with Disability, SLUDI and the Ministry of Labour, on Monday engaged disabled at ‘Burn Ose’ around Pademba Road, Sierra Leone, according to Awoko News.
