Junior School Magazine - Edition 6 (NOV 2018)

C hild L abour - continued The International Labour Organization (ILO) brings together employers, governments and workers to develop policies and programs to achieve this goal. They have a program called ‘SCREAM” which standing for Supporting Children’s Rights through education, the arts and the media. It also reflects the silent suffering of children involved in child labour, and encourages them to have a voice. UNICEF is focused on preventing child labour across the world. UNICEF recognises that child labour is more common in countries where poverty exists. In Nepal, for example, UNICEF has developed a child labour protective system which has allowed them to save 9,000 children from child labour. These children had been separated from their families, and are now back with them and are being helped with education, shelter, medical treatment. UNCIEF’s major focus is on educating children and their families on child labour to try and break the cycle. They also work with big companies like IKEA, to make sure that they don’t work with suppliers how are involved in child labour. World Vision educates the community about the rights of a child. It also works with governments to advocate for children by changing laws to stop child labour. They also provide counselling and therapy to children, or even support them to move communities to help stop them getting back involved in child labour, (Rohana, Online communication-chat, World Vision, August 20, 2018). As a Global Citizen, what ACTION can you take to help and / or raise awareness? There are many actions that we as global citizens can do to act to help eliminate and raise awareness of child labour. Some of the key actions are: 1. Educate ourselves and find out as much as we can about child labour so that you can share your knowledge. 2. Educate others to raise awareness. Let your friends and family know about child labour so they can also be informed and share what they know. The more people that are aware, the more people can work together. 3. Stop buying products from stores or companies that use child labour. This would also include asking shops where their products are made and let them know that you will not buy any child labour products. 4. Volunteer your time with an organisation like World Vision or UNICEF that is working hard to prevent and eliminate child labour. This might include door knocking in your neighbourhood to collect money to go to the countries that involve child labour. This may also involve fundraising by selling chocolates to your friends and family and sending the money to countries involved in child labour. 5. Donate money. Donate some of your pocket money to the organisations that are working hard to free children from child labour. 6. Contact businesses that do business in counties that have child labour. Encourage them to put pressure on governments to take action and stop using child labour. 7. Contact government leaders in Australia and other countries by writing a letter letting them know that we should not be trading with countries that are involved in child labour , and bring in laws to eliminate child labour.

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