Welcome to:
Adult High School, Ottawa
Humberview Secondary School, Bolton
University of Toronto Schools, Toronto
Voices for Children members
Help Wanted:
Working to end the
worst forms of child
labour and child slavery
Worst forms of Child Labour
OR Child Work
• Defining each term
• Quiz: In the “Chat Box” type your
(school) name and your answer.
Example 1
A 13 year old girl works for 9 hours
in a brick making factory but is still
able to go to school one day a
week. She lifts heavy loads but is
building her muscles and learning
how to work.
Example 2
A 12 year old boy works on his
parents farm for 2 hours each
evening after attending school
during the day. He picks weeds,
waters the fields, and feeds the
goats
Example 3
A 10 year old girl goes to school for
only 4 hours per day, then spends
the rest of the day working with
her father cutting tobacco leaves
for the person who controls all the
land near their village
Example 4
A 14 year old boy begins working
on a boat where he is paid a little
money but must work long hours.
He is then sold to work on another
boat owned by fishermen from
Thailand. He had no choice in the
decision.
Example 5
A 13 year old Canadian girl is asked
by her parents to do the
household laundry and wash the
dishes 3 times a week. She goes to
school each day.
Dorcas: A child miner in the
Democratic Republic of
Congo
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Mining with her family
Dangerous health impacts
Possibly missing an education
Hopes for the future
126 million children doing
dangerous work
• That’s nearly 4 X the population of
Canada
3D Jobs: Dirty, Dangerous,
and Degrading
• Dorcas is doing dirty, dangerous, and
degrading work.
• Other examples of 3D jobs.
Questions?
• Please use the “Raise Hand”
button to get our attention.
Artisanal Mining in the DRC
• Dorcas – an artisanal miner
• A BIG industry
• Seen as normal work
Will boycotts and tougher
regulations solve the issue?
• A lesson from U.S. legislation
• Our work with companies
World Vision’s Approach to
Child Miners
• An overall development approach
• How child sponsorship helps
Child Labour in
the Cocoa
Industry
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Video clip of Abdul (see chat box)
A victim of child trafficking
Working 80-100 hours a week
Our connection
Creating Protective
Environments for Children
• Please share how we can go about
protecting children like Doris and
Abdul from working in 3D jobs?
• Please use the “Raise Hand”
button to get our attention.
• Safety skills
• Participating
in community
• Education
• Parent(s) have
jobs
• Family and
Community
ensure safety
• Laws and polices
implemented
• Good justice and
social system
• Business and
organizations do
their part
• Crisis safety
Help Wanted:
Working to
End Child
Slavery
Shopping for Change
• Choose FairTrade chocolate
• Monitoring for Child labour
• Farmers earn a fair wage
Help stop child Trafficking
Sign our petition telling PM Stephen
Harper to create a plan that addresses
child trafficking both here and in other
countries.
Download the petition and get other
students to sign it.
(Please return to World Vision by
June 1st)
Want to know more?
• worldvision.ca/connect OR
enchildslavery.ca
• A link to this presentation
will be sent today
• Email: Nancy_delcol@worldvision.ca
Any Final Questions?