- script on child labour
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Shahid, Rupinder, Sunita and Manu:former child labourers
Host/interviewer:Good [day/morning/evening]. Welcome to our program, [name of program]. During the past few [days/weeks], we’ve been discussing a number of problems that children in our community face. Today, we’re going to hear some very sad, but true stories that have happened to children in other parts of the world. I think what makes these stories especially sad is that they have happened to many children — and similar things have even happened to children in our own communities. These are stories about child labour.
Now let’s hear these children’s stories. The voices are actors telling the stories — but the words are the words of real children, and their stories are true. First, we’ll hear from Shahid, a boy who was sold into slavery.
Shahid:My name is Shahid. I am thirteen years old. One day when I was five, I was playing in front of my house, and a man came to talk to my sister. My sister helped this man kidnap me. He took me far away from my home and kept me in a house for four months. Then he put me on a plane to another country. I was sold to a man to work as a camel jockey. At first, I looked after the camels. Then I was trained to ride the camels in camel races, but I was not paid for my work. They didn’t give me very much food to eat, so I was always very hungry. When I asked for food, they beat me.
Rupinder:My name is Rupinder and I am 13 years old. My parents work on a coffee plantation. When I was young, I went to school for two years. But when I was 8, my parents told me I had to stay home and look after my younger sisters and brothers. Then, when I was 10, I started working on the coffee plantation too, during picking seasons. I worked from 6 in the morning till 10 at night. One day while I was working, I hurt my arm. Now I can’t work on the plantation anymore. My parent’s can’t afford to keep me at home if I don’t work, so I came to the city. I thought I could find work here. But I cannot read and write, so it is hard. What I really want is to go to school, and learn to be an engineer or a builder.
Host:I’m sure you all know someone who has had to leave school to help the family. This is a difficult decision. Rupinder’s story helps us to think about what might happen to children who are forced into work too early. He hurt himself on the job, probably because he was too small to do such heavy work, and now he can’t get another job because he left school so early. So that is something for us to think about.
Sunita:My name is Sunita, and I am fifteen years old. After my father died, my father’s second wife took me out of school.
Host:Fortunately, Sunita escaped from the brothel. It is sad that she couldn’t go back to her family, but she is lucky that she has found a shelter where she can live while she goes to school. Now let’s hear from Manu, who works at the shelter.
Manu:My name is Manu, and I work with the kids here at the shelter. I’m 21 years old. I started working at a clothing factory when I was six years old. There were many children in my family, and my parents couldn’t afford to send me to school. I was sent to the city to work instead. I was out of work, but I managed to complete my schooling. Now I work here at the shelter. I try to help children who have suffered like me.
Host:Now you’ve heard these children’s stories. Their families weren’t able to protect them, and sometimes they even sent them away. Children also have the right to play, not to work.
Sunita:I think that parents need to know that there are many ways that children are sold into labour. Child traffickers can be very smart, very tricky. They must find out who these people who are making these promises are. Many times children end up being enslaved, beaten.
Host:Of course, parents alone cannot eliminate child labour. Existing laws need to be enforced. Companies should guarantee that they won’t employ children in conditions that violate their basic rights. And we can all put pressure on the government to ensure that every child has the right to a free primary education and a real childhood.