CHILD LABOUR IN FOOTWEAR INDUSTRY

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j2kfRIxW0g8

In this video you have an example of a boy, named Geri,

who works making shoes.

ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS:

 How old is he?

 Which country is he working in?
 Talking about the working conditions they
mention:
o The bad ______________, lack of _________ _________ and use of highly toxic
___________...
 The ILO (International Labour Organization) tries to improve the living conditions of these
children that are forced to work at a very early age. Fill in the blanks with the information you
listen:
o First parents were given _____________ on the ______________ of exposing their
children to this __________________ of work because they work in poorly
________________ rooms and cramped areas with chemicals in the
______________.
o This year Geric _________________ the Open Heart Foundation, a program in the
Philippines that ________________ with the ILO ____________ parents about
_______________ working conditions and also providing _______________ supplies
to encourage poor _______________ to _______________ their children to school.
 Geric is telling us about his life after having stop working.
o What changes did he notice ? His health____________ and he ____________.
o Is he still working? Yes/No? Why?
o How is he doing at school?
 Fill in the blanks with words from the box

Bustling/ footwear/ phenomenon/ hazardous/ makeshift/ among

Trade/ according to/ manufacturing/ eleven/ making/ conditions

Child labour in the _______________ industry is not exclusive to the Philippines. In Indonesia, a very
similar _________________ exists as well. _________________ the new ILO Global Report on child
labour _______________ working children globally a 9 % are employed in the _________________
industry. In this __________________ city of Bandung, Indonesia, it’s common to see children working
in shoe factories. (x)-name of a boy, 16, spent nearly 5 years ______________________ shoes in
__________________ (very dangerous) working ______________, after being forced into the
______________ at the age of ____________.

 Let’s understand what the boy wants to tell us about his time working in the factories

I experienced some ____________________ with my _______________. I used to feel dizzy and had
respiratory __________________ because of the chemicals in the workshop and no ventilations. I also
felt ________________ of the other ______________ who went to school.

 What is he doing through ILO?

Through ILO training, he is __________________ about __________________ and also how to

____________ other children that they can stop _____________ as he did.

 Translate into your mother tongue the underlined words and write then in your notebook.
 Copy in your notebooks the fragments that are in bold. You will have a coherent text. You
should have at least three different paragraphs!
KEY
 The boy is 13 and he is working in The Philippines
 The bad lighting, lack of fresh air and use of highly toxic glues
 First parents were given ______education_______ on the ____hazards__________ of
exposing their children to this ____type______________ of work because they work in poorly
_________ventilated_______ rooms and cramped areas with chemicals in the
_______air_______.
 This year Geric __joined_______________ the Open Heart Foundation, a program in the
Philippines that _______works_________ with the ILO ___training_________ parents about
_______safe________ working conditions and also providing ___school____________
supplies to encourage poor _____families__________ to _____send__________ their children
to school.
o What changes did he notice ? His health_IMPROVED___________ and he
___GREW_________.
o Is he still working? Yes/No? Why?He only helps his parents in his free time
o How is he doing at school? He is studying hard in the school
 Child labour in the _____footwear__________ industry is not exclusive to the Philippines. In
Indonesia, a very similar __phenomenon_______________ exists as well. ____According
to________ the new ILO Global Report on child labour _____among__________ working
children globally a 9 % are employed in the ___manufacturing______________ industry. In
this _____bustling_____________ city of Bandung, Indonesia, it’s common to see children
working in _______makeshift_______shoe factories. (x)-name of a boy, 16, spent nearly 5
years ________making______________ shoes in _____hazardous_____________ (very
dangerous) working ___conditions___________, after being force into the
_______trade_______ at the age of ___eleven_________(:) -suggested colon
 I experienced some ______difficulties______________ with my ___health____________. I
used to feel dizzy and had respiratory ___infections_______________ because of the
chemicals in the workshop and no ventilations. I also felt __jealous______________ of the
other ______children________ who went to school”.
 Through ILO training, he is __learning________________ about
______computers____________ and also how to ___show_________ other children that they
can stop ______working_______ as he did.
 LIST OF WORDS TO TRANSLATE

o LIVING CONDITIONS
o AT A VERY EARLY AGE
o SUPPLIES
o ENCOURAGE
o BUSTLING
o HAZARDOUS
o MAKESHIFT
o AMONG
o TRADE
o ACCORDING TO
o CHILD LABOUR
o FEEL DIZZY
o WORKSHOP
o ILO TRAINING
THIS IS THE COMPLETTE TEXT SS SHOULD COPY IN THEIR NOTEBOOKS:

The ILO (International Labour Organization) tries to improve the living conditions of these children
that are forced to work at a very early age. First parents were given ______education_______ on the
____hazards__________ of exposing their children to this ____type______________ of work because
they work in poorly _________ventilated_______ rooms and cramped areas with chemicals in the
_______air_______.

This year Geric __joined_______________ the Open Heart Foundation, a program in the Philippines
that _______works_________ with the ILO ___training_________ parents about
_______safe________ working conditions and also providing ___school____________ supplies to
encourage poor _____families__________ to _____send__________ their children to school.

Child labour in the _____footwear__________ industry is not exclusive to the Philippines. In

Indonesia, a very similar __phenomenon_______________ exists as well. ____According to________
the new ILO Global Report on child labour _____among__________ working children globally a 9 %
are employed in the ___manufacturing______________ industry. In this _____bustling_____________
city of Bandung, Indonesia, it’s common to see children working in _______makeshift_______shoe
factories. (x)-name of a boy, 16, spent nearly 5 years ________making______________ shoes in
_____hazardous_____________ (very dangerous) working ___conditions___________, after being
force into the _______trade_______ at the age of ___eleven_________: “ I experienced some
______difficulties______________ with my ___health____________. I used to feel dizzy and had
respiratory ___infections_______________ because of the chemicals in the workshop and no
ventilations. I also felt __jealous______________ of the other ______children________ who went to
school”.

Through ILO training, he is __learning________________ about ______computers____________ and

also how to ___show_________ other children that they can stop ______working_______ as he did.