Question

In your village/city you might have come across children who work in some households, factories, shops, hotels and construction sites for daily wages. Collect the following information about ine child.make a brife profile of the the child you have met and present it in the class

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Answer:Amina Namugwera (aged 11)

Answer:Amina Namugwera (aged 11)Amina’s father and her sisters and brothers live in Kampala, which is a large gold mining area in the Mubende district. But Amina and her mother have been living and working in the Rubali mine for a month now. Working is not the most favourite pastime of this eleven-year-old girl. ‘I like playing and reading books best,’ she says. But whether she can actually read is not so certain. Amina has never been to school. Many child workers like Amina dream about learning a practical skill or a real profession. One boy wants to repair cars, another one wants to teach children, and others want to become a doctor, a farmer, a priest or even the president of Uganda

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Mike Ssenyobho (aged 14)

Mike Ssenyobho (aged 14)Having worked in a gold mine for three years now, Mike can be considered an experienced miner. One of his jobs is ‘washing’ the finely grinded gold ore with mercury, an extremely toxic metal that attaches itself to the small particles of gold. Many child labourers do this job. They are mixing the gold ore with mercury using their bare hands. They often stand in puddles of water that contain mercury. The children are not aware of the danger of mercury. When they breathe in this toxic vapour, it harms their nervous system, eyes, lungs and kidneys. Children are more susceptible towards mercury poisoning than adults.

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