Challenges Involved

There are tons and tons of challenges involved in child labour especially in Brazil. Some of these kids get taken from their parents and homes at very young ages, They work jobs that they are not suited to do, and worst of all they don’t get an education which really puts a limit and barrier on what they are able to do in their futures, if they even get to that age.

The first challenge and one of the worst ones in my eyes is the fact that they get taken away from their homes at such young ages. The parents are forced by the employers to give them their kids knowing that they will most likely never get to see them again. How do they force them you might be wondering? Well, the parents a lot of the time are very poor and have no money to buy food to feed their kids; so, they give them up in hopes that they can at least get food and shelter because otherwise their just going to starve. In other more extreme cases the children are kidnapped to never be found again. Here in Canada when someone is kidnapped the police conduct many searches and investigations until they find the kid whereas in Brazil, the crime system is very corrupt and the rate of crime is way too high to be controllable so these kids don’t even get looked for…

Here in Canada when you get a job there are laws put in place to make sure that everyone that works is of a certain age, get the proper training, and get a safety course. Even though Brazil has a lot of these same laws they are rarely followed especially when child labour is happening. These kids usually have to work with things that require a lot of physical strength which they don’t have because; they are getting fed very poorly. On top of all that, they get very severely punished by the bosses when they mess up. To make things worse there is always the chance that they could get hurt or even killed doing the job because of the lack of safety training. All of this happens with very little support from the government. These kids don’t even have the choice to quit because they are either forced or would starve and die otherwise.

Lastly, these kids don’t get an education. To me this is honestly one of the worst challenges. Not only does child labour waste the kid’s childhood but they always damage their futures. I’m the same as majority of the kids in Canada, I don’t like school but I appreciate it and understand its importance.  If these poor kids even survive until adulthood, they are not going to be able to read, write, and even do simple math. This is going to give them very little choice when it comes to what career they want to pursue. This is why I really love how there are so many organizations dedicated to building schools in these developing countries.