Ending Child Labor
Tuesday, February 25, 2014
Some 1.7 million Indonesian children find themselves trapped in heavy and debilitating work, their health and education badly neglected. Concerned with this state of affairs, a number of people and communities are trying to initiate changes. They campaign, form regulations and run special schools so that the young workers can have a better future. The following is a Tempo English report from West Kalimantan to commemorate Workers Day, which falls on February 20.
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Too Young for the Plantations
Activists in West Kalimantan have gone door-to-door to convince families to send their children back to school. Their efforts have led to new regulations and spurred the return of hundreds of kids to the classroom.
Muhammad Rizky Fauzi is only 11. For two years, though, he has been accustomed to hard labor. Before going to school, he tends his family's goats and chickens. Then he sets about a 1,000-square-meter vege
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