The Problems Child Labour Causes For People
- Child labour is a serious issue that needs to stop. Big companies and websites such as www.nochildlabor.org have spent millions of dollars trying to decrease the number of children affected.
- Families are widely affected, but cannot do anything about it, because they need the little money their children earn to live. This can be terribly upsetting for the families, as they know the employers are harming the children.
- Child labour affects the children themselves. Many of these children have almost no money, and the frightening fact is, that they'd be worse off without the huge company they work for. The children often live in poverty, and sometimes are victims to malnutrition as of not having enough money to be able to buy essential food.
- Countries are also affected. Tourism numbers to countries with child labour have dropped hugely, damaging the local economy, encouraging more child labour to help the economy improve. This can be shown as a cycle: