COVID-19 create a spike in Child Labour
Did you know that some of your favorite foods may be produced with child labour? Take chocolate, for instance: 60% of its main ingredient "cocoa" is grown in the Ivory Coast and Ghana, where child labour remains widespread.
We enjoy Chocolate without looking behind the dark secrets.
We enjoy Chocolate without looking behind the dark secrets.
Let us take some more examples:
Mica’s delicates is one of the pillars of modern makeup — and 60% of the high-quality mica that goes into cosmetics comes from India, mostly from neighboring regions of Bihar and Jharkhand, where child mining and worker exploitation cases are at verge. Roughly 70% of mica produced in India comes from illegal mines that are totally unregulated by the government. With no other industries in the region, many families have no choice but to continue working in crumbling mines under a new, informal organization sometimes referred to as the “mica mafia.”
Mica in makeup increases the shine. Almost all the makeups contain mica which is extracted by delicate hands.
Lets see how a girl Pooja spends her day inside the mica mines:
Every morning, Pooja Bhurla wakes up next to her grandmother on the charpoy woven cot that they share in the small room of their house. She doesn't mind sharing her bed, which is an arm's distance away from her family's small flocks of goats; she is just 11 and doesn't mind sharing room with animals. After awakening Pooja and her friends, some as young as five years old will spend the rest of the day shimmying into small, man-made tunnels to dig out the mica ore. If Pooja’s lucky, she’ll make between 20 to 30 rupees for a day’s work. Not only her work keeps her away from attending school although put her in life threatening dangers everyday. If a mine collapses while she's inside it might lead her injured, paralyzed or even death. Pooja has no idea where the mica goes after it’s sold to brokers in town, she just knows that it’s the only way to feed her family.
Please do report on dialing 1098 (India) if you see any kind of harrassment of children in your area.
Mica’s delicates is one of the pillars of modern makeup — and 60% of the high-quality mica that goes into cosmetics comes from India, mostly from neighboring regions of Bihar and Jharkhand, where child mining and worker exploitation cases are at verge. Roughly 70% of mica produced in India comes from illegal mines that are totally unregulated by the government. With no other industries in the region, many families have no choice but to continue working in crumbling mines under a new, informal organization sometimes referred to as the “mica mafia.”
Mica in makeup increases the shine. Almost all the makeups contain mica which is extracted by delicate hands.
Lets see how a girl Pooja spends her day inside the mica mines:
Every morning, Pooja Bhurla wakes up next to her grandmother on the charpoy woven cot that they share in the small room of their house. She doesn't mind sharing her bed, which is an arm's distance away from her family's small flocks of goats; she is just 11 and doesn't mind sharing room with animals. After awakening Pooja and her friends, some as young as five years old will spend the rest of the day shimmying into small, man-made tunnels to dig out the mica ore. If Pooja’s lucky, she’ll make between 20 to 30 rupees for a day’s work. Not only her work keeps her away from attending school although put her in life threatening dangers everyday. If a mine collapses while she's inside it might lead her injured, paralyzed or even death. Pooja has no idea where the mica goes after it’s sold to brokers in town, she just knows that it’s the only way to feed her family.
Due to the impacts of COVID-19, child labour in and beyond these countries could increase. When children are out of school, they are more likely to be engaged in harmful works.
This innocents could be our future but now they're vanishing behind the dark secrets.
A recent report by the International Cocoa Initiative said that It found that when household incomes or earning opportunities unexpectedly drop, child labour tends to increase. An example from the Ivory Coast shows that a 10% fall in income, due to a drop in cocoa price, led to an increase in child labour by more than 5%.
The innocence of a child is fragile and the responsibilities to make them educated is ours.
They are our future generations, in most of the developing countries like India, they're going to make the country developed.
This innocents could be our future but now they're vanishing behind the dark secrets.
A recent report by the International Cocoa Initiative said that It found that when household incomes or earning opportunities unexpectedly drop, child labour tends to increase. An example from the Ivory Coast shows that a 10% fall in income, due to a drop in cocoa price, led to an increase in child labour by more than 5%.
The innocence of a child is fragile and the responsibilities to make them educated is ours.
They are our future generations, in most of the developing countries like India, they're going to make the country developed.
We can help to stop the abuse of Child Labor, which is increasing during this COVID-19 Pandemic.
Please do report on dialing 1098 (India) if you see any kind of harrassment of children in your area.
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