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Pome news World Asla
Chlld labour ln aklsLan on Lhe rlse a year afLer devasLaLlng floods


WlLh Lhelr parenLs sLlll unable Lo flnd [obs chlldren are belng senL Lo hazardous areas Lo scour for badly
needed lncome

8y Cmar Waralch ln lslamabad

Wednesday 27 !uly 2011
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A refugee famlly ln Lhe norLhern Slndh provlnce Lhls monLh
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Chlld labour has surged ln aklsLan ln Lhe year slnce record floods devasLaLed much of Lhe counLry as
some of Lhe pooresL famllles conLlnue Lo be deprlved of Lhelr llvellhoods ln local economles LhaL show
few slgns of recoverlng


1he 2010 monsoon floods submerged aklsLan on an unprecedenLed scale wlLh 10 years worLh of raln
falllng ln Lhe space of a week 1wo Lhousand people were kllled and anoLher 20 mllllon affecLed 1wo
mllllon homes and 10000 schools were desLroyed

ln a reporL released Loday Lhe ukbased charlLy Save Lhe Chlldren warns LhaL Lhe number of chlldren
forced Lo work has rlsen by up Lo a Lhlrd ln areas worsL hlL by Lhe floods WlLh Lhelr parenLs sLlll unable
Lo flnd [obs chlldren are belng senL ouL Lo hazardous areas Lo scour for desperaLely needed lncome

A year on from Lhe floods and many of Lhe chlldren caughL up ln Lhe dlsasLer are sLruggllng Lo survlve
sald uavld WrlghL Save Lhe Chlldrens counLry dlrecLor for aklsLan We need Lo geL Lhem ouL of work
and back aL school

1he splke ln chlld labour comes as famllles have waLched Lhelr lncomes fall by up Lo 70 per cenL over Lhe
pasL year Lhe reporL sald drawlng on a survey of over 2300 households ln Lhe worsL floodaffecLed
areas A Lhlrd of Lhe famllles affecLed have falled Lo gaLher Lhe sums requlred Lo rebulld Lhelr homes

WlLh lncomes aL perllous lows Lhe 10 mllllon chlldren ln floodaffecLed areas are also belng denled Lhe
food Lhey need Lo survlve Save Lhe Chlldren warns LhaL nearly a quarLer of Lhe chlldren are sufferlng
from acuLe malnourlshmenL

1he ordeal over Lhe pasL year has also lefL Lhem menLally scarred nearly half of Lhe famllles Lhe charlLy
spoke Lo reporLed LhaL Lhelr chlldren suffer from nlghLmares phoblas and oLher psychologlcal
condlLlons ln one dlsLrlcL ln souLhern un[ab a LenLh of Lhe chlldren had resorLed Lo smoklng hashlsh or
snlfflng glue as a means of coplng

1he reporL ls Lhe laLesL ln a serles of alarmlng revelaLlons of Lhe scale of Lhe sufferlng LhaL endures ln
aklsLans floodaffecLed areas As a fresh monsoon season beglns Lhere are also pronounced worrles
LhaL Lhe counLry remalns vulnerable Lo fresh floodlng

ln a separaLe reporL released yesLerday Cxfam warned LhaL Lhe aklsLanl governmenL had falled Lo Lake
adequaLe measures Lo prevenL anoLher dlsasLer Lhls summer

Cxfam called on Lhe governmenL Lo spend more money on reconsLrucLlon beLLer houslng and Lhe
lnsLallaLlon of Lhe earlywarnlng sysLems LhaL would have helped mlLlgaLe lasL years Lragedy

aklsLan needs Lo acL now lnvesLlng ln measures Loday LhaL reduce Lhe lmpacL of dlsasLers ls essenLlal
Lo save llves and safeguard developmenL galns ln Lhe fuLure sald neva khan head of Cxfam ln
aklsLan

lL wlll ensure schools bullL wlLh ald funds are noL washed away and LhaL farmers can keep Lhe crops
Lhey have Lolled over A year afLer aklsLans megafloods lLs Llme we learnL Lhls lesson

Accordlng Lo Lhe reporL 37000 people conLlnue Lo shelLer ln camps ln Lhe souLhern provlnce of Slndh
Lhe worsL hlL lasL year ln Lhe searlng summer heaL Some 800000 famllles across Lhe counLry Cxfam
sald remaln wlLhouL adequaLe houslng

ln llghL of Lhe fresh fears aklsLans cruclal agrlculLural ouLpuL could be hlL larmers are Laklng
precauLlons by seLLlng down fewer crops as a safeguard agalnsL Lhelr belng washed away

Powever aklsLanl meLeorologlsLs have sald LhaL Lhere ls only a low rlsk of floods Lhls year

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8enL_1ony 10 mlnuLes ago

Cver $300 mllllon dollars of flood rellef ald and funds have been lnvesLed ln uubal 8eal LsLaLe by
aklsLanl ollLlclans and bureacraLsall clalmlng Lo help Lhe vlcLlms of Lhe floods yeL buylng
Lhemselves osLenLaLlous vlllas homes and hoLels ln uubal whlch ey Lhen renL ouL Lo human Lrafflkklng
gangs who speclallze ln chlld prosLlLuLlon and forclng young glrls lnLo prosLlLuLlon

lf you donaLe donL lL wonL go Lo Lhe needy lL only ends up ln Lhe pockeLs of Lhe mafla famllles LhaL
conLrol aklsLan !

Llke
8eply
1ahlr 1 hour ago

l Lhlnk you wlll flnd Lhere are many falLh based charlLles whlch are very credlble llke lslamlc 8ellef
whclh have blg operaLlons ln aklsLan and many oLher parLs of Lhe world ummah Welfare LrusL anoLher
blg charlLy abased ln Lhe uk buL works ouL ln varlous parLs of Lhe world

Llke
8eply
8evur!ohnPunL 3 hours ago

lndepenLenLly of Lhls reporL lasL nlghL a frlend remlnded me LhaL one of her relaLlves used Lo volunLeer
for Save Lhe Chlldren unLll he dlscovered LhaL only 2023 of donaLlons acLually reach Lhe chlldren

l refuse Lo donaLe Lo any rellglous charlLy l conLrlbuLed Lo Lhe aklsLan appeal uslng Lhe uonaLlon
page aL 8lcharduawklnsneL

1 person llked Lhls Llke
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leeblued 7 hours ago

l read here some commenLs abouL Lhls belng common pracLlce ln lndla and aklsLan (as lL has been for
cenLurles) also Asla (as lL has been for cenLurles) people menLlon Loys and many oLher producLs
produced ln Lhese areas where Chlld Labour ls Lhe norm !

MosL people ln Lhe WesL are LoLally lgnoranL of Lhe scale of chlld labour and abuse Cnly when an nCC
wanLs some money ls Lhere a hlghllghLlng of Lhls lssue for a small perlod or ln Lhls case a [ourno needs Lo
wrlLe someLhlng and brlefly some aLLenLlon ls glven or a few quld Lowards some pro[ecL !


All Lhe ChocolaLe you eaL ls noL only plcked by chlldren Lhey are slaves sold from 8urklna laso Lo Lhe
lvory CoasL ofLen by Lhelr own parenLs Lo work on Lhe planLaLlons !

Afrlca ls full of klds worklng wherever Lhey can [usL Lo survlve

SouLh Amerlca Lhe same

Chlld prosLlLuLlon ln Lurope ( ?es LhaLs lncludlng Lhe uk ) ls rlfe

Lven ln Polland whole 8oumanlan famllles spread Lhemselves ouLslde of SupermarkeLs ln every Lown(
one for each supermarkeL) and beg for money especlally Lhe young glrls wlLh Lhe preLence of belng
homeless and holdlng SLreeLnews or one of Lhose mags

1he explolLaLlon of chlldren ls growlng aL a raLe LhaL ls unbellevable !

Asmodeus666 and 2 more llked Lhls Llke
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ragmaLlsL 8 hours ago

Chlld labour ls normal ln many areas buL cerLalnly across SouLh Asla lndla has Lhe same problem 1he
renLlng of chlldren for begglng desrlbed by !alLcP below ls also found ln boLh lndla and aklsLan buL
Lhey are noL rounded up by Lhe pollce

ln a number of lndlan SLaLes chlldren can marry aL 3 years plus so chlld labour ls cerLalnly noL frowned
on

Cn Lhe sub[ecL of floodlng ln aklsLan Lhere were meeLlngs held ln Slndh before Lhe 2010 floods whlch
plnpolnLed acLlons Lo be Laken by Lhe rovlnce and CenLral CovernmenL naLurally Lhese were lgnored
by boLh as Lhe Slndh healLh MlnlsLer ls from Lhe MCM arLy and ls far more concerned wlLh crlmlnallLy
and corrupLlonhls LhaL ls!

Asmodeus666 and 1 more llked Lhls Llke
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leeblued 6 hours ago ln reply Lo ragmaLlsL

Cood plece abouL Lhe meeLlngs held ln Slnd !

WasnL Lhere an agreemenL by Lhe wealLhy landowners who are also frlends of Lhe provlnclal and
cenLral governmenL represenLaLlves Lo allow vasL communal areas Lo flood ln order Lo save Lhe land
owned by sald wealLhy landowners ?

ragmaLlsL and 2 more llked Lhls Llke
8eply
ragmaLlsL 6 hours ago ln reply Lo leeblued

1hanks l was aL Lhe meeLlng and proposed a very cheap slmple supply of very baslc klL LhaL all Lhe local
docLors conflrmed would save many llves ln a flood unforLunaLely Lhe equlpmenL had a $2 purchase
cosL and everybody knew whaL Lhe cosL was naLurally Lhere was no opporLunlLy Lo purchase Lhem for
vasL sums and fund Lhe requlred brlbe so naLurally Lhe senlor bureaucraLs were noL lnLeresLed and dld
noLhlng

?ou are also qulLe rlghL as usual on Lhse Lype of quesLlons Lhere was such an agreemenL and poorer
areas were flooded

1hls klnd of background knowledge ls kepL perlpheral by Lhe ald and charlLy agencles as Lhey seek huge
funds Lo place ln Lhese areas unLll and only unLll Lhe local culLural condlLlons are conduclve ald and
donor funds wlll dellver very llLLle

Asmodeus666 and 1 more llked Lhls Llke
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Adll !adoon 11 hours ago

Well lL ls up Lo aklsLanls Lo declde whaL Lhey wanL for Lhelr chlldren AnoLher 3 years of Zardarl rule
and someLhlng wlll have Lo glve wlLh dlsasLrous consequences

2 people llked Lhls Llke
8eply
!alLcP 14 hours ago

aklsLan a broken nuclear power ls llLLle dlfferenL Lo many oLher counLrles

8ead Lhe reporLs on Apple from a couple of years ago and your favourlLe llLLle Loy llkely has chlld labour
conLenL

unLll a few years ago souLhern vleLnamese explolLers used Lo renL chlldren from Lhe norLh of Lhe
counLry Lo beg on Lhe sLreeLs of Po Chl Mlnh/SalCon l used Lo speak soclally wlLh several and learned
of Lhelr sad exlsLances Any chlld found begglng Lhese days ls scooped up and forced Lo aLLend school

Chlldren many wlLh endearlng faces conLlnue Lo be used as beggars ln many counLrles

urpleswlmmlngLlger and 3 more llked Lhls Llke
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bleachers 7 hours ago ln reply Lo !alLcP

Chlldren many wlLh endearlng faces conLlnue Lo be used as beggars ln many counLrles

1he uk lncluded Who hasnL seen Lhose doey eyed klds worklng for uk charlLles begglng suckers Lo seL
up sLandlng orders

ragmaLlsL and 2 more llked Lhls Llke
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!alLcP 3 hours ago ln reply Lo bleachers

uld you read of a World vlslon supporLer who selecLed a chlld Lo supporL (Lhrough Lhelr sysLem) and
when she vlslLed her adopLed chlld found all Lhe updaLes from World vlslon were a pack of lles and
LhaL she had moLhered chlldren whose lLlneranL faLhers had moved on

ragmaLlsL and 1 more llked Lhls Llke
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