Africa's World of Forced Labor, in a 6-year-old's eyes

According to this article, the boy who was 6 years old forced to get up at around 5 am to go work. In the morning were chilling, the boy-Mark had to paddle a canoe a mile out of shore. And, he bailed water out of the canoe while co-worker picked up a fishing net after 5 hours. Mark was very hungry and haven't eaten since the day before. He was tired but the powerful built man, Kwadwo Takyi will beat Mark and co-workers up if they were not working or being lazy. However, the little boy, Mark weight 30 pounds and wore some old and poor clothes. he had hard time to understand why he has to work but there are other 3 older boys know why they have to work because it is the way it is in reality life. they only earn 20 dollar for a year. They have to work for other 3 or 4 years and forced to work for around 14 hours a day, seven days a week. For Mr. Takyi's boys, they stuck in a miniature labor camp, not going to school, basic necessities and rare of freedom are part of traffic in children.
" The International Labor Organization, a United Nations agency, estimates that 1.2 million are sold into servitude every eyar in an illicit trade that gerates as much as $10 billion annually" (Cozay, 2009). "Studies show they are most vulnerable in Asia, Latin America and Africa. Africa's children, the world's poorest, account for roughly 1/6 of the trade, according to the labor organization. Data is disgracefully limited, but it suggests vicimization of African children on a huge scale" (Cozay, 2009).

This brief article just broke my heart. Because I can't imagine to see any younger children are under 6 years old and forced to work with heavy chores. However, I believe that 6 years old can do chores to learn their responability but not kind of labor they did. I already mentioned that children are important to have their education on other blog. Also, I don't believe that 6 years old children need to get kind of tolerate to punish them and allow them to have a gratification childhood.

This thing got to be STOP! it is so cruel to force the little children to labor.

Source: http://cozay.com/ONE-WORLD.php

Funds for World Education for Girls' Education in Africa

There was a program, "the Clothes Off Our Back Foundation" were focusing on to raise the funds for children's charities and other efforts to give the supports. However, these organization were involved in World Education to profited and donation to young girls that are not able to get in secondary school in Africa. Also, "the Batonga Girl's Education Program, a partnership between World Education and Angelique Kidjo's Batonga Foundation, combines educational scholarships with mentoring from successful community women, and tutorial classes to encourage girls' academic achievement" (World Education, 2009).

this is amazing to have these kind of organization to get earn a lot of funds to support the education for children especially for girls in other country. Also, I believe it is important for children to have education in their life and have mentally process going on but it is very important to have intelligence theory to show that what ability they can do. In addition, I feel blessed for us to have education and everything as what we have as what they do not have. I also really appreciated for all people who support the organization and helped all children in the whole world to give the donation for their education and especially for girls.

Source: http://www.worlded.org/WEIInternet/pressroom/highlights/clothes_Off_Our_Back_Raises_Critical_Funds.cfm