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May 19, 2021
Child Labor in Ghana, Nepal, and Uganda
An 11-year-old boy in Ghana describes his work carrying fish, goods, and produce for shopkeepers to Stephen Ahorlu from Friends of the Nation. He said that lifting heavy loads was a challenge and that he often experienced neck pain. On some days, he works more than eight hours but is paid only 7 cedis (US$1.21). He said that some clients delayed paying him, and that others refused to pay him at all. © 2021 Solomon Kusi Ampofo for Friends of the Nation.
Women and children carry pans of ore at Dompim mining site, Tarkwa-Nsuaem district, Western Region, Ghana. © 2014 Juliane Kippenberg/Human Rights Watch
Two boys, 9 and 12 years old, demonstrate their daily work of washing and sluicing gold ore in Homase, Amansie Central district, Ashanti Region, Ghana. © 2014 Juliane Kippenberg/Human Rights Watch
A 14-year-old boy from Dolakha district at a brick kiln in Bholachhe, Bhaktapur, Nepal where he lives with his aunt’s family. He works as a carpenter’s apprentice in the day and helps his aunt’s family make bricks in the mornings and evenings. He dropped out of school four years ago and believes that he’s too old to resume schooling. © 2021 Nikita Tripathi for Human Rights Watch
A 9-year-old girl sells balloons in Durbar Square in Patan, Nepal. Her father had to close his tailoring shop because of lockdowns to slow the spread of Covid-19. She says her father had stopped drinking for years but the lockdown and subsequent financial burden drove him to start again, “He comes home drunk and my parents get into fights.” © 2021 Nikita Tripathi for Human Rights Watch
A girl at a Nakabaat gold mining site in Moroto District, Uganda. She uses the basin to pan for gold. © 2021 Angella Nabwowe Kasule for ISER
Young boys working at a limestone quarry in Moroto District, Uganda. © 2021 Joseph Byomuhangyi for ISER
After schools closed in Uganda due to Covid-19, a boy traveled from Eastern Uganda to earn a living at a maize mill in downtown Kampala. © 2021 Nakulima Saphina for ISER
Region / Country
Uganda
Nepal
Ghana
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Child Labor