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form. The child shall not be admitted to employment before an

appropriate minimum age; he shall in no case be caused or permitted to

engage in any occupation or employment, which would prejudice his health

or education, or interfere with his physical, mental or moral

development”.8 Who is supposed to decide for these children about what

an appropriate age should be, so that they are not put in danger but are

still allowed to work to support their families? In 1819 there was a

prohibition of children under the age of 9 working in mills.9 Is this

really an acceptable age?

Child labor has been around since the Industrial Revolution, why then

are there still no solutions? If poetry, like Elizabeth Barrett

Browning’s poem The Cry of The Children (refer to pages 11-13), books

and music address the issue, why can people not come to terms with it?

It is because individuals can not relate to the lives that these

children are forced to live. People in Western society find it

impossible to identify with children who are faced with such cruel and

deceiving circumstances.

What is desperately needed is a form of education for these less

fortunate children so that they are free to learn and can determine for

themselves what is right and wrong, thus developing their own moral

beliefs. This is essential so that they will be less likely to enter

exploitied circumstances in the first place. Governments and people in

general are so concerned about finances that they refuse to acknowledge

that they do have spare cash that could be spent on furthering

education. Sub-Sahara Africa currently pays $12 billion in servicing

its debts, yet just $2 billion would be enough to ensure that every

child in the region could have a place in school and a better chance of

Survival.

Are people willing to just sit idly by as the children, the future,