Fight Against Child Labor

Child labor is often defined as work that deprives children of their childhood, their potential and their dignity, and that is harmful to physical and mental development. It affects them mentally, physically, socially or morally dangerous and harmful to children and it hinders with their schooling. In worst cases, at a very early age, child labor involves children being enslaved, separated from their families, exposed to serious hazards and illnesses and/or left to fend for themselves on the streets of large cities.

Those were the reasons we should fight against the alarming situation of child laborers. The Philippines launched a nationwide campaign against intolerable practice of child labor. “The Batang Malaya: Child labor free Philippines” is the country’s response for new action towards the global deadline of ending the worst forms of child labor by 2016.

We have to do something to stop child labor. We must pity those children who sacrifice their lives, rights and freedom.

 

by: Ady Faye Abunto

 

References:

http://www.ilo.org

www.manilatimes.net

Child Labor’s Root

Poverty is one of the most critical social problems that our country is facing over the past years. Informal settlers, malnutrition and child labor are few of the results of the worsening poverty in the Philippines.

Thus, poverty is said to be the ROOT of Child Labor. Insufficient basic needs push the children to work, even in a young age. Instead of staying in school to learn, they have to go to mines, farms and other dangerous places to find money.

When will Poverty ends? So that children of young age will not sacrifice their lives and future to feed their family. How could we end it?

 

Burden of A Young Mind

A child has rights and privileges to live properly. However, because of social problems that our country goes through, his freedom was forgotten. His rightsof formal education, basic necessities and healthy living, yet sometimes, these rights cannot be achieved by some children.Their dreams were buried and just leave behind.

One of the most alarmingly and most rampant problems in the Philippines is the Child labor. This problem is caused by many social problems that arise in the country and one of those social problems and said to be the root of child labor is POVERTY. It is the number one enemy of the people and the top cause of the increasing number of Child labor. 5.59 million Child laborers arestriving in the Philippines and most of them are working hazardous labors, according to the International Labor Organization (ILO).Hazardous child labor refers to employment in industries and occupations designated as hazardous under the country’s occupational safety and health standards. These 5.59 million was deprived of their rights and privileges to enjoy life and childhood. They have to strive and work hard to eat two to three times a day. In a young age, they must know how to live with poverty. These children don’t have a choice. They have to carry the burden of life.

by: Ady Faye Abunto

Reference:

http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/218947/philippines-has-3-m-child-laborers-nso-ilo