simaab akram
Aug 25, 2017 · 3 min read

Amal Fellowship

Batch#39

PU-LHR

Mega Project

Group members

Adeel Ashraf ,Muhammad Usman,Nadeem Abbas,Simaab Akram

Project Topic

Child Labor & Child begging

Child Begging
Child labor

Content:

Introduction

Causes

Objectives

Planning

Conclusion

Introduction

Children are the future of a nation. Poverty often leads to child labor child begging not only in Pakistan but all over the world. It hurts to mention that both are increasing day by day. Many beggars and labours are children under the age of 10 years. Parents regard their children as additional sources of income. War, migration and discrimination against minorities also leads to child labor and child begging. Each human being must play positive role to eradicate such type of social evils. Child in Pakistan is the employment of children for work in Pakistan, which causes mental, physical, moral and social harm to children.[1] The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan estimated in the 1990s, 11 million children were working in the country, half of which were under the age of ten. In 1996, the median age for a child entering the workforce was seven, down from eight years old in 1994. It was estimated that one quarter of the country’s work force was made up of children.[2] In a city of Pakistan, Hyderabad children enter work force at the age of 4 or 5 years old making bangles and bracelets. They make around 12 sets (per set containing 65 bangles) and only receive Rs.40 which takes around 2 to 3 days. This is not just a situation of Hyderabad but all other Katchi Abadis of Pakistan.

Causes

The International Labour Organisation (ILO) suggests that poverty is the greatest single cause behind child labour. Pakistan has per capita income of approximately $1900. A middle-class person in Pakistan earns around $6 a day on average. The average Pakistani must feed nine or ten people with their daily wage. Further to that there is also the high inflation rate to contend with. As of 2008, 17.2% of the total population lives below the poverty line, which is the lowest figure in the history of Pakistan. Poverty levels in Pakistan appear to necessitate that children work in order to allow families to reach their target take‐home pay. For companies, the low cost of child labour gives manufacturers a significant advantage in the Western marketplace, where they undersell their competitors from countries which prohibiting child labour. According to research conducted by Akhtar, Fatima, & Sadaqt, a main cause of child labour in the fishing sector on the Baluchistan coast was the low quality of education, lack of job prospects, and lack of progress in the region. It was found that in this province that there are high dropout rates and low literacy rates. The researchers believe that if policies focus on bettering education that it will help aid the effort of reducing the amount of child labour.

Objectives

We will do our work on following sequence

Ø Conducting Interviews

We will conduct interviews or meetings with children to get deep insight to the child labor and child begging. Our focus will be on getting basic information about them just like their names, addresses, and their life stories means what is the basic reason behind their working or begging.

Ø Arranging Lunch party

We will arrange lunch for them and chocolates or candies etc.

Ø Video session

We will make videos while conducting interviews.

Ø NGO visit

After getting data we will visit one or two NGO’s to get information whether they are working to eradicate child labor or child begging from our society or not. If not, then we will suggest them to make it the part of their plan and work on it as much as they can.

Ø Conducting awareness Seminars

There is the possibility we will conduct the seminar to provide awareness to others regarding this issue.

Ø Social media

We will start a campaign on social media to stop child labor in Pakistan

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