Child labor

In the normal lives of rich children around the world,parents go off to work every day and kids are left to play with friends, do activities and go to school. However, that is not the case for the 218 million child labourers of the world who daily find themselves under harsh, dangerous and exploitative conditions, in which hey have to work in. Globally the majority of child laborers come from the poorer sections of society. Social exclusion and discrimination, a result of poverty and ethnic and gender bias, are important factors that keep children out of school and force them to work. Ending poverty and increasing access to education are therefor crucial tools in the fight against ending child labor.

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Child Poverty In Canada

Canada is one of the richest countries in the world. However, about 1,400,000 of its children live in poverty (almost one and a half million). Children of single parents and those of aboriginal backround have suffered the most. Children are poor because they live in disadvantaged families. The way to end child poverty is to allow families the ability to support themselves in a meaningful way. The last thing a parent wants is to have their children go hungry.

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Quote of the week

"Every cild deserves a chance. A kid who is living in poverty does not get a fair chance."

-Free The Children

Quote of the week

"For every talent that poverty has stimulated it has blighted a hundred."

-John Gardner

Quote of the week

"Poverty is like punishment for a crime you did not commit"
-Eli Khamarov

Quote of the week

"If the misery of the poor be caused not by the laws of nature, but by our own institutions, great is our sin." - Charles Darwin

Child Poverty

Today, nearly half the world's 6 billion people live on less than $2 a day. Here that would buy you a cup of coffee from starbucks. However, poverty is a reality affecting both rich and poor countries. In developed countries it is estimated that 1 in 10 children live below the poverty line. The situation in developing countries is much worse. In the year 2000 alone, 1.7 million children were needlessly lost because countries around the world failed to reduce poverty levels.

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