Saturday 30 May 2015

Organizations involved in helping Child Labour in China

     Even though China has been going through some very tough times from 1849-now, they aren't going through it alone. There are some organizations that are involved with helping the Children, such as UNICEF, The Harmony Foundation, and Free The Children. 

    http://www.unicef.cn/en/ 

     UNICEF (United Nations Children's Fund) is an IGO/NGO that works in 192 countries all over the world, (including China). UNICEF'S main goal is to help children survive wherever they live, stop child exploitation (child exploitation is when people give children "goodies" such as food, cigarettes or even drugs to preform sexual activities on them), give children education, help children with HIV/AIDS, and last but not least... child advocacy! Child advocacy is a group of people who work together to help children and protect their rights. They are a part of the UN (United Nations), and they are the only organization willing to risk their own lives for the sake of children. UNICEF employees travel however they can to help children. Whether it be by boat, plane or car, they'll be there as soon as they can! UNICEF has helped the children in china for years now, and there is many more to come!

logo  http://harmonyfdn.ca/?page_id=861

    Harmony Foundation is a charity, that provides education to children and other citizens. It was founded in 1985, and is universally recognized. Their goals/missions are to make our world more sustainable, while keeping up with our challenging lives, provide an education program, that challenges people yet gives them exactly what they need, and raise everyone with respect. They range from all sorts of topics from poverty to culture loss, but I'm just going to be focusing on child labour. Millions of children are working in absolutely mind-blowing conditions, and Harmony Foundation is the only organization that realizes that! Thanks to Michael Bloomfield, who started this organization, which is now internationally recognized! Harmony Foundation has helped the children in China get an education, and stay true to themselves.

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http://www.freethechildren.com/international-programming/where-we-work/china/

   Free the children is an international programme, that started working in China in 2002. The organization was founded by Craig Kielburger in 1995 when he gathered 11 school friends to begin fighting child labour. He was 12. Their objectives in China are to terminate child labour in China, provide access for an education for them, and build capacity among rural china, and help those who are struggling. Free the Children has empowered thousands of children to take control of their own lives, and make the best of it.

      Did you know more than five million children in China have dropped out of school and are now full-time child labourers? Absolutely crazy?!?!Yet we still aren't doing anything about it!

      As you can see, there are organizations/people out there that are crying for help, pleading for our help. We need to help those children in China who are suffering. Society just took the first baby step to solve this monstrosity, and now it's our turn...





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