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Saturday, 30 April 2005
Dear Diary Today, I saw another kid write a diary But then I dont know to read or write And even if I knew I wouldnt get time from the work, to write To celebrate growing old, birthday Hope the children stays young, is the wish today Some said, today, April 30th, is my day Anti Child Labour Day, Today After having outlived my use My kids, will I too have to use? Or their future will I be able to choose. And save them from abuse and bruise and say I refuse? Wish I could think about myself & my future today But I have to work for my family to survive, today Though to think about myself and write a diary I dont have time, Hope someone will think of me and spend for me their time... - Perhaps by a child, from the data given below  Few data on Child Labour in India from http://www.cry.org Children are often treated as the "property" of the very adults who are supposed to take care for them, being ordered around, threatened, coerced, silenced, with complete disregard of them as "persons" with rights and freedoms. •17 million children in India work as per official estimates, NGOs numbers though are higher at 100 million •They work for 12 - 15 hours a day and earn less than Rs.3 per day. •They work with explosives, metals, and poisonous gases from the age of 3 - 4 years. •1 out of 4 children work… at cost of a childhood. •A study found that children were sent to work by compulsion and not by choice, mostly by parents, but with recruiter playing a crucial role in influencing decision •When working outside the family, children put in an average of 21 hours of labour per week •19% of children employed work as domestic help •90% working children are in rural India •85% of working children are in the unorganized sectors •80% of child labour is engaged in agricultural work. •25% of the victims of commercial sexual exploitation in India are below 18 years of age. •There are approximately 2 million child commercial sex workers between the age of 5 and 15 years and about 3.3 million between 15 and 18 years •500,000 children are forced into this trade every year •Millions of children work to help their families because the adults do not have appropriate employment and income thus forfeiting schooling and opportunities to play and rest. •Children also work because there is demand for cheap labour. High incidence of child labour is a result of high incidence of adult unemployment. •Large numbers of children work simply because there is no alternative - since, they do not have access to good quality schools. •Poor and bonded families often "sell" their children to contractors who promise lucrative jobs in the cities and the children end up being employed in brothels, hotels and domestic work. Many run away and find a life on the streets.
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