WORLD CHILD LABOUR DAY 2012 CELEBRATION

The celebration, launched in 2002 by the International Labour Organization (ILO), provides an opportunity for governments and other stakeholders to give further support to the campaign against child labour.

This year's celebration on the theme: “Human Rights and Social Justice... Let’s End Child Labour,” seeks to highlight that child labour does not only constitute a violation of the rights of the victims, but put their future into jeopardy and undermines national development.

Cheerful hearts Foundation  commemorated the world event by visiting our rescued kids from child labour at Gomoa Nyanyano.Fishing,farming,stone query,and sand wining are the major sources of income for the community,and as a result most kids are found at the shows engaging in such hazardous activities.Our main mission was to educate the pupils on the importance of education,solutions to child labour, and also to entertain them.


Mr. Eric Opoku Agyemang began the celebrations with a brief talk on the importance of education,the current status of child labor in the community,role modelling, and the rights of children in Ghana.

boy sharing his story

Mr Bright Fiatsi also advised the pupils to also behave very well at their various homes to encourage their parents to support them in their education.He advised them to take their education very serious, and show a difference in attitude due to education.

The pupils were there after allowed to give contributions and also share experiences on child labor.One bold student called Emmanuel shared his sad experience of how at the age of about 10 he could not write his name since he was always at the shores.He told us how happy he was  to be going through education now and hence can now spell his name.

The pupils then asked various questions about child labor such as

• what do you do if your parents still insist on you working with them during school hours
• how do you talk to your parents about child labor
• what  do you do if the income from work is what your parents use to pay your fees

having a brief talk with our kids

a group picture after the  celebration

we then distributed some soft drinks to the kids to mark the end of the celebration.The kids were very happy about everything that happened and so were their tutors.After the celebration we had a brief talk with the kids that are under our project,to encourage them and also advise therm.We received a good responds from the caretakers of the kids.