Let’s Join Hands To End Child Labour
Forcing children to work is child Labour. Due to poverty, lack of
opportunities and lack of education this problem has become very serious in developing
countries like Nepal. To get education and basic needs is the right of each and every
child. Though the government says it has totally stopped child labor, the social evil
continues to exist even today. The small children working in houses, shops especially in
the hotels and restaurants, tempos and buses touches my heart. Though I have been able to
study well, I don’t feel happy when I see small children like me working very hard.
It is very cruel to compel them to work at a time when they have to study. How can a
nation develop if the children are not educated today? All of us should think very
seriously. Some the children working in carpet factories and other organizations have been
freed but others are still found working in hotels, houses, shops and other such places.
There have been news reports about the child working in factories for whole day and night
without sufficient food and health care. They are not paid well. When I read the news, my
heart weeps but I am unable to do anything. I want to cry and request all to understand
their situation and free them from those difficulties. People talk of human rights and
child rights. They make speeches in front of cameras and become happy to see their own
faces on the television. They forget their speech when a small child like their own dear
son and daughter brings them tea and prepares food. Is this not an irony? We hear that
there are many NGOs working for the welfare of the children. They get dollar from the
donors, make speeches in the star hotels, take breakfast, lunch, and cocktail dinners in
the name of the small children like me. I want to ask them: don’t you feel ashamed to
drink and make speech in our name? If there is no child labour, you NGO sisters and
brothers cannot enjoy and employ your relatives. Your are the deceivers, cheaters and
exploiters of the society. You bargain with the government and people about the child
labour and fill your big bowl. Feel ashamed and do something for the children. Please do
something for the children. Remember your son and daughter when you see a child lying in
the street. Let’s not forget the future of the children, the backbone of the nation.
Do not pretend you are working for the children. But do it practically. Let’s promise
for the welfare of the children. The government, parents, NGOs, students and we children
join hands together. Let us make a commitment.
Sarita Paudyal
D.A.V. Sushil Kedia Vishwa Bharati School
Jawalakhel, Kathmandu |
