Today, you can start rescuing a child in India.
What is child labor?
India is home to the largest number of children living and working on the streets. “Child labor” is a form of modern-day slavery that forces children to work long hours for extremely low wages, and often in dangerous conditions, leaving no time to attend school or play.
Through Dalit Freedom Network, you can prevent a child from working in forced labor. In Sivakasi, Tamil Nadu, most children spend their days making matches or fireworks in large factories with unsafe and deplorable conditions. Celebrate World Day Against Child Labor by sponsoring a child from Tamil Nadu. You can ensure that he/she is able to attend school and graduate, receive basic medical care, and has a chance to learn the value of freedom and the dignity of all people.
Want to know more about child labor in India?
Click here to visit the State Department’s webpage for the 2008 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) report about labor in India.
Read a letter from the Director-General of the International Labor Organization, a UN agency, about World Day Against Child Labor.
Filed under: Dalit Freedom Network, child labor, injustice | Tagged: modern day slave trade, state department
