Bogota Soaring with
Slave Children
More than 17,000
children suffer labor
exploitation in the
Colombian capital, most
of then without being
paid and forced to do
adult jobs, the Social
Integration Secretary's
Office reported.
El Espectador daily
published on Sunday a
report claiming that
thousands of others run
the risk of being
related to some kind of
work.
Generally, the parents
of those children have
suffered the same
situation, thus they
believe that putting
their children through
that obligation is part
of their education, the
study said.
The Social Integration
Secretary's Office said
many of those minors
work in the textile
industry, in street
trade, household chores,
and as bus collectors.
Bogota autohorities are
developing a program to
eradicate child labor
exploitation, through a
$70 monthly subsidy and
educational advisory to
their families. |
