English, 17.12.2020 17:30, jaynissiagreen16
Any Job To Survive
Child labor is common in Afghanistan. Although children younger than 14 are not allowed to work full time, the laws are widely ignored. Employers want to hire children, whom they don't have to pay much, and families need the money, said Sami Hashemi, a child-protection expert for UNICEF, an aid organization.
Children as young as 6 work in brick making, carpet weaving, construction, mining and farming. Others beg, collect garbage or sell things on the street.
Families scramble for any job to survive, even if that means their children will work instead of going to school. “They must focus on today, not on a future for their children,” Hashemi said.
Nearly 2 million Afghan children between the ages of 6 and 17 work, at least 25 percent of Afghan children, Hashemi said, and the numbers are growing. Billions of dollars in aid is being sent to war-torn Afghanistan. Some of that money is being spent on mining and construction, two industries which hire many children.
A U. S. Labor Department report last year says many children are hurt or killed in construction jobs. They are forced to work in extreme cold or heat, carry heavy loads, smuggle illegal drugs or serve as soldiers.
Hashemi says, “Any human being, when he sees kids with a right to education and recreation working under these conditions, will be frustrated.”
In the section titled Any Job to Survive, how does the author present the harsh and dangerous working conditions of children in Afghanistan?
Sharing personal stories
Asking questions
Stating several facts
Reflecting on past events
Answers: 2
English, 21.06.2019 23:30, jasminechambers642
The duke and the dauphin lie, cheat, and steal for the purposes of their own survival. answers: •true •false
Answers: 2
English, 22.06.2019 00:30, zahradawkins2007
What is the definition of scathing? a. to assail with abusive language c. to deter by advice or persuasion b. bitterly severe, as a remark d. the west wind; a mild wind
Answers: 2
English, 22.06.2019 08:00, aliceohern
The play, doctor faustus, opens with a prologue. by describing faustus's beginnings as a child "base of stock" and his end as his "waxen wings" melted when "heaven conspired" to stop him, the chorus subtly calls to audience's minds, as they begin to view the play, the commonly held idea of the great chain of being the pact with the devil the seven deadly sins the renaissance man
Answers: 3
Any Job To Survive
Child labor is common in Afghanistan. Although children younger than 14 are not...
Biology, 28.03.2020 18:46
History, 28.03.2020 18:46
Mathematics, 28.03.2020 18:46
Mathematics, 28.03.2020 18:47
World Languages, 28.03.2020 18:48
Mathematics, 28.03.2020 18:49