I recently had to give my bike for service. There was a small boy who cleaned my bike before the person in charge could hand over the keys to me. As usual I couldn't keep my mouth shut and asked the boy whether he goes to school. And he answered me that he had finished his twelfth standard! He hardly looked twelve years old! And the person in charge also affirmed his statement. I was totally shocked. And helpless!
Such kids exist everywhere. Not just in my area. And everyone knows about it.
Is there anything to help these kids?? They deserve more attention... They should not be working at this tender age! Something has to be done...
Friday, February 02, 2007
Who is to be blamed??
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yes....u r right....but nw the rulez ve changed...to complaint on child labour one can call or inform it to the nearest notary person or in police station...this is more enough...but cops r the right choice......u jus cant forget this by askin" who is to be blamed?" after all for that poor boy, he is workin and lyin for his daily food....
@arvinth
Thats prob one of the reasons why i dint complain..
that is true. everyone might be knowing "Alsa Maal" shops outside this maal are famous for the sandwich...we were checking with a boy who was serving (7-9 years old)to us..what is his background and everything. the route cause for these kids working in urban areas are due to the poor economic situation in our rural areas..unemployement,no rain,poor harvesting etc..Infact we were ready to sponsor the education for this boy but he refused to go back to school stating his father will not be happy :( if he do so....so we need to address this problem on a macro level rather than micro level..so the million dollar question who needs to be blamed??? I would say alll the governments which ruined sorry ruled and ruling are not taking necessary steps to improve our rural economy..
@bharath
even if the Govt does take any attempts(if at all they do) there should be proper cooperation from our side too.. which is, unfortunately, the main problem in our country!
ya..we can give our support to NGO's who are doing these activities..
check this one...
http://nalandaway.blogspot.com/
hmm guess who'll be the the first to curse you when u try doing something about it? the kid himself and probably his parents...their prime concern is fulfilling their day-to-day needs (the ones we take for granted) that they can't seem to see beyond it and realize how important education is. can't blame them, can we? eradicating child labour is much more complicated than simply forcing kids not to work. If we're to ask them not to work, we should also ensure their basic needs are satisfied and that's where I believe the NGO's can help. Like bharath says, the best way we can help is to extend our support to the NGO's, either as volunteers or financially.
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