MatthewHudzikiewicz

HowToStopChildLabor

January28,2016

Kidsareworkinghardinchildlaborgetting
nofoodorwater

Tableofcontents
1.Introduction
2.ActivistStory
3.HowOtherPeopleCanHelp
4.ChildLaborFacts
5.HowIFeelAboutChildLabor
6.TheSolutionToTheProblem
7.Conclusion

Introduction

Couldyouimaginenotgoingtoschoolbutworkingatajob?Inthe
1900s,18percentofalltheamericanworkerswereunder16!Lawswere
madetooutlawthisbutthisisstillgoingaroundnow.Ifwedontputa
stoptochildlabornowitwilleventuallykeepongrowingbigger.Firstmy
articleshowshowanactivisttriedtoputastoptochildlabor.Next,the
paragraphshowsinstructionsabouthowpeoplecanhelpstopchildlabor.
Thirditshowsallthefactsaboutchildlabor.FourthittellswhatIthink
aboutchildlabor.Finallyittellshowtostoptheproblem.Themainidea
aboutthearticleishowchildlaborissuchabadthing.


ActivistStory

Todaysomanypeopleareinchildlabor.
ChildLabor
istheuseof
childreninindustryorbusinessespecially
whenillegalorinhumane.IqbalMasihwasa
partofandhetriedtoputastoptoit.Also
IqbalMasihwas4hegotsoldbyhis
parentstopayoffa12dollardebt.
Furthermore,Iqbalwassittingoveraloom
forsixyearsmakinghandmadecarpets.
ThenIqbalfinallyescapedwhenhewas10
yearsold.Hewasthenspeakingoutagainst
childlaborwhenhewastravelingaround
nativePakistan.Didyouknowkidsare
workingupto16hoursadaytyingtiny
knotsincarpets,sewingsoccerballs,
pickingcottoninthefields,andcarrying
heavybricksontheirheads,"(
QuoteLink
)saysoneofthesixthgraderat
BroadMeadowsSchool.Thisshockingfacthighlightsthatkidsaregetting
abusednotmakinganymoneyatalljustworking.Alsothekidsgetpaid
evenlessthantheadults.Next,IqbalMasihwenttoaschoolinQuincy,
Massachusettstoaskforhelp.FivemonthslaterIqbalwasmurdered.
Manypeoplebelieveitwasbecauseofthecampaignagainstchildlabor.
ThereforethestudentsatBroadMeadowsMiddleSchoolinQuincy,
MassachusettscreatedawebsitejustforIqbal.Theythenraised100,000
DollarstobuildaschoolinPunjab,Pakistan.Now,280peopleattendat
theschoolinPunjab,Pakistan.Finally,thekidsaretryingtogetenough
moneytobuildanotherschoolinPakistan.IfeveryoneinPakistanhad
moneypeoplecouldbuildschools,thenkidswouldnotbeinchildlabor
butinschool.

Howotherpeoplecan
help

Doyouwanttohelpchildlaborwellyoucan.
All you need to do is create a website and
ask other people to donate money to help
kidsthatareinchildlabor.AlsoManypeople
aretryingtohelpgetthataregettingabused
from child. It is great that people are trying
to help the world by donating money and
making anefforttryingtostopchildlabor.If
people didnt harm anyone, then the world
would be perfect. Ontheotherhandanyone
could help with

Free the Children

(
Quote link2
)andnowworksto
liberateyoungpeoplefrompoverty,exploitationandabusebypartnering
with schools and families. This fact highlights that anyone could try to
put a stop to child labor if they really wanted to. I mean anyone can
donatefromayoungagetoanoldage.

Childlaborfacts

Aroundtheworldthereare168
millionkidstrappedinchildlabor.
Furthermore,kidsareworkingaround

theglobeinfactoriesandfoodmarketsmakingverymeagerwages.
Meager
meansverylittleorlackingqualityorquantity.AlsoInthetextit
states30years,
theChildLabourFreeIndiaMovement
has
beenworkingtoliberateitscountrysestimated4.9millionchildworkers
byrescuingslavechildrenandpushingformorestringentlawsagainst
childlabor.(
QuoteLink3
)Thisshockingfactrevealsthatpeopleareat
leastputtingasmallstoptochildlabor.
Thisisagraphthat
showswherechild
laboristhemost
extreme.

HowIFeelabout
Childlabor
Todaypeoplearoundtheworldare
workingfor16hoursatayoung
age.Consequently,Kidsaregetting
whippediftheydonotwork.Kids
arenotevengettingthemoney
theyneedtobuyfoodorwater.
ThisisCRAZY!!Weneedtoputa
stoptothis!Weatleastneedto
putalawonthisnonsense.Ithink
itisunbelievablethatnoonehas
putalawonchildlabor.Asaresult
Kidsaresufferingforfoodwhile
working16hoursperday.Didyou
know
About50,000childrenarebelievedtobeworkinginfactories,in

NewDelhialone
(
QuoteLink4
)Thisunbelievablefactmeansthatthere
aresomanypeoplealoneinonecountry.Imagineinthewholeworld.

Thisgraph
showswhat
mostofthe
childrendofor
therejob.

Thesolutiontotheproblem
Theproblemisthekidsgettinghurtduringchildlabor.Weneedtoputa
stoptothis.YetWecouldputalawonitordosomethingtostopthese
awfulpeoplehurtingkids!Accordingtothe
articleSince1904,
theNationalChild
LaborCommittee(NCLC)
hasbeen
workingtokeepchildrenoutofthework
forceintheU.S.andpromotingtherights
ofchildrenintheareasoflaborand
education.(
QuoteLink5
)Thisshocking
factrevealspeoplearetryingtostopchild
labor.Thisquotehighlightsthatpeopleare
tryingtoputastoptochildlabor.Thatis
great!Peoplewhotrytostopchildlabor

aregoodpeoplebecauseofthepeoplethepeopletheyhelp.

Conclusion
Onedaykidswillfinallybefreefromworkingatjobsfor16hourseach
day.Ihopethattheywillgeteducationnottorture.Iwilltrymyhardest
tostopthisbydonatingordoinganythingIcantoputastoptoit.Most
peoplearehuntingwhentheyaretheageofunder16.Ifsomekidsare
unluckytheywouldhavetomineorquarry.Ifweallunitetotrytoputa
stoptochildlaboraroundtheworldwewill.

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