Child Labor
By Jerry Jourdan
Mining
Mining is considered the most dangerous job/labor for kids. Mining can lead to s Kids do the most dangerous work in the mines, kids from India, Pakistan, Brazil, and Bolivia were just a few countries where kids can still be found working mines. While kids working in mines many, in fact an unknown number of kids, have lost their lives to health conditions. Children work from ages of 5-17 for only $2 a day. As this has been going on, people have not given the attention that this problem deserves. These mining ports are not really found because there are in places where you'd think people would rarely visit. Their jobs in the mines included digging shafts, breaking rocks and carrying gold ores from the mines.
The kids working in mines have day shifts. Everyday the kids work in the mines they risk their lives either its from the chemicals in the coal, or its the risk of the mining tunnel crushing them if it collapses, or they may have an accident with the tools.
Children ditch school for mining in DRC