WE STARTED WITH FRANKLIN MEMORIAL SCHOOL ON JULY 6TH 2012,AT ABOUT 11 AM.MR ERIC,ALI,JOSH,ADAM,SOFIA AND MYSELF GAVE THE TALK,WITH EACH ONE US TACKLING A PARTICULAR ASPECT.MR ERIC STARTED BY INTRODUCING US TO THE PUPILS AND THE TEACHERS PRESENT AND THEN CONTINUED WITH THE PURPOSE OF THE TALK.HE TALKED ABOUT THE ISSUE AT HAND AND ALSO EMPHASIZED ON THE NEED TO PLAY A VITAL PART TO CONTRIBUTE TOWARDS THE ERADICATION OF CHILD LABOR IN THEIR COMMUNITY.
SOFIA CONTINUED WITH THE MEANING OF CHILD LABOR,FORMS,STATISTICS OF THE NUMBER OF KIDS ENGAGED IN CHILD LABOR, AND THE STATUS OF CHILD LABOR IN THE WORLD.
SHE THEN HANDED OVER TO JOSH WHO ENLIGHTENED THEM ON THEIR RIGHTS AS CHILDREN OF GHANA AND THE WORLD.HE ALSO TOLD THEM ABOUT SOME OF THEIR BASIC RIGHTS AND HOW IMPORTANT THESE RIGHTS ARE AND HENCE CANNOT BE INFRINGED UPON.
ADAM CONTINUED WITH A STORY OF A KID THAT WORKED FOR ONLY 50PESEWAS A DAY AND HOW TIRESOME AND HECTIC HIS WORK WAS.HE THEN WENT ON TO ASK IF THEY KNEW OF ANY KIDS THAT WENT THROUGH SUCH DIFFICULT TIMES AND MOST OF THEM SAID YES.HE TALKED TO THEM ABOUT THE RISK INVOLVED IN ENGAGING IN SUCH ACTIVITIES.ALI TALKED ABOUT EDUCATION,THE IMPORTANCE OF EDUCATION,SOME OF THE PERSONAL BENEFITS OF EDUCATION AND PROBLEMS ASSOCIATED WITH NOT HAVING AN EDUCATION.I THEN ENCOURAGED THE PUPILS TO FOCUS ON THEIR EDUCATION,ASPIRE FOR A BRIGHTER FUTURE THROUGH A GOOD EDUCATION,HOW IMPORTANT EDUCATION IS TO BECOMING LIKE THE PROMINENT PEOPLE THEY SEE IN SOCIETY AND ALSO PLEADED WITH THEM TO ADVICE THEIR PEERS TO COME TO SCHOOL AND SHUN WORKING AT DANGEROUS WORKING SITES.
MR ERIC THEN ASKED IF ANYONE EXPERIENCES TO SHARE AND ONE BOLD BOY SHARED HIS EXPERIENCE ON HOW HE USED TO WORK AT THE SHORES AND SOME SAD EXPERIENCES HE SUFFERED.MR ERIC CONCLUDED BY ENCOURAGING THEM TO TALK TO THEIR FRIENDS AND THAT CHEERFUL HEARTS FOUNDATION IS PREPARED TO SUPPORT ANY KID THAT GENUINELY WOULD WANT TO SCHOOL.ONE OF THE STAFF MEMBERS OF THE SCHOOL SHOWED APPRECIATION FOR OUR KIND GESTURE AND SAID THEY WERE QUITE HAPPY WE DID THE TALK SINCE THEY HAVING DIFFICULTIES EXPLAINING THIS ISSUE TO THE KIDS.
AFTER, UPON HAVING A CONVERSATION WITH ONE THE TEACHERS HE WAS ALSO HAPPY WE DID THE TALK AND SUGGESTED WE DID MORE OF THE TALKS SINCE WE GETTING CLOSER TO THE FISHING SEASON AND THAT MOST KIDS EVEN THOSE THAT WERE IN SCHOOL GET ATTRACTED TO THE SHORES SINCE THERE IS BOUNTIFUL HARVEST IN THESE TIMES.HOPEFULLY WE WILL BE DOING MORE TALKS IN THE SCHOOL TO CREATE MORE AWARENESS AND SPREAD THE WORD "STOP CHILD LABOR NOW"
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