The World Day against Child Labour… heard of this new ‘thing’? A part of the world celebrated this day just two days back, with or without those children delivering labour.
Two parts of the world have certainly celebrated it: the NGOs and the government. For government, it’s a default celebration. Why NGOs? I always spoke against it, personally or professionally, justified or illogical because the attitude of NGOs (at least 95% of them) puts me off.
A Delhi based organisation has apparently freed more than 75,000 bonded and child labour since 1980. Though we don’t know where the so-called rescued kids go after being rescued, we all know why statistics (International or local), good quotes and big promises fail when it comes to hunger. They all look good in books, reports, air conditioned discussion halls etc, but when the hunger bells rings… then only a few can go on a hunger-strike while sipping quick energy drinks!
The problem is not rescuing, the problem begins after it. Like the quick energy drinks, with rescue of such kids, many organizations get a quick exposure… while the kids get exposed to hunger again. The prospect of earning Rs. 10-15 a day is gone, because we know that the child labour is banned in the first world countries. We know laws, been/spoke in international conferences and all this while smoking cigarettes worth Rs.40 a pack or more a day. Smoke for thought.
About Me
- Firefly
- India
- Alive, and don't do anything significant to realise that. Sometime I try to find truths in lies... Don't know why! The last time I looked at the sky was to see an airplane flying over and missed inside the clouds at 2:30 AM... Now, am learning to look back at the sky. Yes, at 2:30 AM but just to talk to the stars and if the moon is kind enough. Back to the start, loving it too:)
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