Short story about child labour
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Once, there was a child named Ram who lived in a village called Nigmakar. The child worked in a dhaba (a small restaurant) near his village. Ram’s family was not very well off. His father used to drink a lot and his mother begged in the streets. He had a sister who wanted to study in school but she couldn’t as they had no money. All the burdens of his family were put on Ram but he never lost hope and worked hard every day. He always believed that one day he will make his family proud.
He worked hard every day until he got enough money to feed his family. But his job was not good enough. Many years passed this way and he was only able to provide food to his family but any other need could not be fulfilled. One day he was going to work as usual and while he was returning from work, he saw an old man coughing and he was lying on the floor and not able to walk. As he was very caring he went to the old man to help him walk. The old man was very happy and he suddenly changed into a God and he told the boy that he was very kind and that he would be tested before he would be granted any wish that he wanted to see fulfilled. The old man suddenly disappeared.
The next day while Ram went to work he saw a young girl who was sad as she wanted a chocolate from the shop but was not able to buy it because she didn’t have any money. That was the day Ram would receive his salary. He bought the young girl a chocolate. Suddenly the old man appeared again and said that he had passed in the first test and now he has to be ready for the second test. He disappeared this time too.
A few days later when Ram came to work he saw a child lying on the road, he was starving and on the brink of death. Ram was confused because he had to pay his electricity bill that day, but he also wanted to help the child. So he paid his electricity bill and with the money that was left he bought food for the boy. The old man appeared again and told Ram that he had passed all the tests.
It is being done in India on a large scale.
And it is banned too .
Ways to eradicate child labour :
By spreading awareness among people we can eradicate child labour.
Generally the child of poor families work as Child labour.
So , there must be more employment among the poor people.
Government should provide more jobs .
By reducing poverty we can eradicate the child labour.
By promoting education in the rural and Poor areas.
By supplying food in those rural and Poor families.
The National Population Policy 2000 strongly focused on this problem. It also takes many steps to eridicate the child labour.
It strongly focused on educating the children of age 6-14 .
It provides mid day meals also in government schools so that the children do not work for getting food.