Transcript Slide 1 - Dream History

Mexico
A girl threads tobacco strings in the tobacco fields of Nayarit,
Mexico. Many children working in the fields end up dropping out
of school. In the surrounding communities of Nayarit, 86 percent
of children do not go to school.
Ivory Coast, Africa
A boy in Tortiya looks for diamond stones in a sifter. Many children
laboring in Africa work for more than 12 hours without breaks.
They are often separated from their families.
Paraguay
Daniel, 11, shines shoes for 33 cents in Asuncion. One of every
four children under 14 works in the streets of Paraguay, according
to the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF).
Afghanistan
Sakina, 9, and Javed, 6, work on a carpet loom at a small
workshop in Kabul. Afghanistan's deep poverty forces many
children to work in adult jobs.
Iraq
A young boy stacks bricks in the Iraqi town of Nahawan. There are
more than 100 brick factories in Nahawan, located about 37 miles
south of the capital city of Baghdad. Though kids work in the
factories, there are no hospitals or schools nearby.
Cambodia
A girl rummages through piles of garbage at a dump in Phnom
Penh. She is looking for things to recycle in order to earn money
for her poor family.
Rwanda
Charles, 10, picks up leaves on a tea plantation in Byumba. In
addition to being forced to work, children in Rwanda are also used
as soldiers.
Myanmar
A young Burmese boy climbs on top of piles of teak wood in a
government-run lumberyard in Pyin Ma Bin. The boy's job is to
label the teak wood. The wood is common in Myanmar and is in
high demand in Japan and most of Asia.
China
A young Chinese boy sells newspapers to passing drivers and
cyclists in the streets of Beijing. Millions of Chinese children work
because their parents can not afford to send them to school.
Texas
Mariella, 10, cuts onions in a field in Eagle Pass. As many as
500,000 kids in the United States work on farms for little pay to
help their families earn money. Many are forced to miss months of
school at a time so they can work.
Pakistan
A young girl carries a load of wool down a street in a poor section
of Peshawar. Pakistan has laws that limit child labor, but the laws
are often ignored. An estimated 11 million children work in
Pakistan's factories.
Kenya
A young boy picks coffee beans at the Misarara Estate Coffee Plantation.
The boy works with plants laden with poisonous chemicals called
pesticides. About four million Kenyan children are forced to work in hard,
often dangerous jobs.
Bangladesh
On the outskirts of Dhaka, children heat and mix rubber in a barrel
at a balloon factory. Thousands of kids in Bangladesh are forced
to work to help earn money for their struggling families.
Nepal
A boy works in a tea stall in a small village in Nepal's Rukum
District. Nepal is one of the world's poorest countries, forcing
huge numbers of children to do hard labor. For a majority of
children in Nepal, education is a luxury.
Goal: End Child Labor
Despite efforts to stop child labor, about 250 million kids all over
the world are forced to work in hard, often dangerous jobs. Rajni,
an 11-year-old former child laborer, holds a sign during a rally on
Anti Child Labor Day in Bangalore, India in 2004.