CHILD LABOUR
Wordsworth
says:
“The child is the father
of a man”
Children are
our future. Now when they are so important for us, we must realize what we are
doing for them. Have we succeeded in providing them the basic necessities of
life such as education & health care?
Although the
government, NGO’S & other organizations are busy in solving the problem of
child labour. Yet nothing seems to have come out of their work.
“Poverty is
the main cause of this failure”
The poor
parents are forced to push their children into practical life in an early age. Such
children face a life of hardship and deprivation.
Children can
be seen working everywhere. They work in small hotels, tea stalls as domestic servants,
sweeping floors in small industrial workshops, office boys and staff
assistants. They are seen cleaning cars parked on roads, polishing shoes,
selling goods and many other such odd kind of jobs.
Like boys,
little girls are also seen working at homes, washing clothes, furbishing
utensils, looking after little children etc.
There are
about two million families in Pakistan living in bondage in various sectors.The
main sectors in which the children are made to work are the agriculture sector,
the brick kiln industry, carpet weaving and domestic service. These children
earn money for their families. They are deprived of the joy of childhood. They
cannot go to school to get education. Because of continuous working they fall a
victim to various diseases.Most of them suffer from malnutrition. The Govt. and
non Govt. organizations (NGO’s) should take some steps to tackle with this
problem of child labour.
As a critic
says that;
“Child labour is a curse
of society”
So, Govt.
should enact a comprehensive law for the reduction of child labour from its
very roots. It should create a welfare fund exclusively for the development and
welfare of children. It should declare that child labour below fifteen years of
age is a criminal offence.
NGO’s must
support people’s struggle for justice and emancipation. They should supplement
Government’s efforts for the welfare of children. They should work to influence
and encourage rich people to donate funds for building hospitals clinics, are
purchase of medicines for children.
Child labour
is a curse. We must work to get rid of it at all costs.
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