Posted by: nepcha1 July 6, 2012
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It's true that there is worse child labor than this in Nepal and there is corruption in NGOs. But the fact is that these children were saved and hopefully they get the shelter. I don't understand why that is not good news?
Rethink,
When you hear about big American companies like GAP hiring people in underdeveloped countries and paying them less money, you know it's not a big deal because at least the people working are making some money. They have some option as opposed to no option. Same thing with child labor in Nepal. Lot of their families depend on the meager money made by these kids because they have no other options. Laborers under 14 are very bad and we wish no such children have to work, but the reality of the situation is that they would have no other options if not for these jobs. So do we punish these companies for abusing these kids or do we support these companies for giving these poor kids an opportunity to make a few bucks?
-> your rhetoric is an example that the problems in our country is not only because of politicians but also because of social problems, and it is more challenging to convince educated people like you.
Are you trying to say that americans are doing this, so this MUST be good?
Why do you think that child labor laws exist even in country like Nepal ?
So, you think that the NGOs which rescued them should be lamented and didn't do any social service. Instead, we should appreciate the GREAT social service of these companies?
My take on child labor is always NO; this is why:
- these children are often abused at their workplaces. You can imagine the life/struggle/future of these abused children.
- these children are often under-paid or many of them are not paid at all. If you don't believe, look for youtube videos on children working in hotels in Nepal.
- Even when children are paid, it is only a small fraction of family's income. It has been found many times for "kamlari cases", father of these kamlaris were spending these money in alcohols rather than feeding their family.
- These companies are not doing any SOCIAL service, they were doing it for PROFIT because they don't have to pay these children, and they can't speak for themselves.
- when we think that we are rescuing these poor families by child labor, we are living in a great illusion. Instead, we are only driving them into a cycle of poverty without giving them any means to escape. When the child goes to work instead of school, what they do when they grow old? These illiterate/uneducated children and their families get even poorer and get trapped into the same vicious circle of poverty.
Rethink,
When you hear about big American companies like GAP hiring people in underdeveloped countries and paying them less money, you know it's not a big deal because at least the people working are making some money. They have some option as opposed to no option. Same thing with child labor in Nepal. Lot of their families depend on the meager money made by these kids because they have no other options. Laborers under 14 are very bad and we wish no such children have to work, but the reality of the situation is that they would have no other options if not for these jobs. So do we punish these companies for abusing these kids or do we support these companies for giving these poor kids an opportunity to make a few bucks?
-> your rhetoric is an example that the problems in our country is not only because of politicians but also because of social problems, and it is more challenging to convince educated people like you.
Are you trying to say that americans are doing this, so this MUST be good?
Why do you think that child labor laws exist even in country like Nepal ?
So, you think that the NGOs which rescued them should be lamented and didn't do any social service. Instead, we should appreciate the GREAT social service of these companies?
My take on child labor is always NO; this is why:
- these children are often abused at their workplaces. You can imagine the life/struggle/future of these abused children.
- these children are often under-paid or many of them are not paid at all. If you don't believe, look for youtube videos on children working in hotels in Nepal.
- Even when children are paid, it is only a small fraction of family's income. It has been found many times for "kamlari cases", father of these kamlaris were spending these money in alcohols rather than feeding their family.
- These companies are not doing any SOCIAL service, they were doing it for PROFIT because they don't have to pay these children, and they can't speak for themselves.
- when we think that we are rescuing these poor families by child labor, we are living in a great illusion. Instead, we are only driving them into a cycle of poverty without giving them any means to escape. When the child goes to work instead of school, what they do when they grow old? These illiterate/uneducated children and their families get even poorer and get trapped into the same vicious circle of poverty.