| A few days back British clothing company Primark | | | | with investing the future of the country in the |
| has dropped three Indian suppliers after a BBC | | | | children including the poor children who start |
| investigation revealed that the manufacturing units | | | | working at early age. Giving proper education to |
| were using child labor. A year before Gap also | | | | the children of the country should be the top |
| found child labor being used by one of its suppliers | | | | priority. Education is the key that will empower |
| in India. Such reports and revelation shock the | | | | them to not only decide the future for |
| entire human community and the general reaction | | | | themselves but their decisions will also bear |
| is: let’s not buy their products which will teach | | | | positive effect on the fortunes of the country. |
| them a lesson. But one also needs to think about | | | | Their work capacity and quality will improve with |
| the fact that why and how these children got into | | | | proper education and they too will lead a dignified |
| this work. | | | | life. |
| Poverty is the main reason which pushes these | | | | Special Education society needs to be set up |
| children to start working at such an early age. By | | | | which will provide free education to those children |
| working they will earn some thing which can be | | | | coming from economically backward families. Not |
| used to increase the earnings of the family. The | | | | just free education these societies must also |
| statements that these suppliers make in defense | | | | provide all other facilities and fulfill the |
| that the parents bring their kids to work, and | | | | requirements for free like books clothes, |
| sometimes out of curiosity the kids take up the | | | | stationary, convenience etc to send a child to |
| work, though they sound ridiculous, such | | | | school, so that their poor parents should have no |
| statements are not total falsehoods. No, this | | | | worries about spending any thing on their |
| writer is not defending the culprits. Sometimes the | | | | schooling. Such child development programs are |
| parents do try and get there kids job at these | | | | run by the government but those seeking these |
| factories if the chance is offered, because the | | | | services outnumber the service providing |
| first thing that is in their mind is to run their | | | | agency’s capacity. Charitable organizations and |
| family, get the money for buying the essential | | | | trusts need to come forward to provide such |
| commodities. More members of the family | | | | services along with the governmental agencies |
| working more the better. Hence starts the vicious | | | | working towards eradicating child labor and |
| cycle of child labor with poverty. | | | | working on various child development programs. |
| It’s been discussed for a long time that India | | | | Charitable trusts like Guru Nanak Garib Niwaj |
| is making economic progress but is the market | | | | Education Society are set up by individual person |
| development is creating an all round effect. The | | | | like Baba Amar Singhji, work to help the poor |
| government of this country needs to ensure that | | | | children attain a dignified life. If you are vowing to |
| the market prosperity must be percolating down | | | | not to buy from brands whose manufacturers |
| the social order. And evils like child labor should be | | | | use child labor? Then you can donate that amount |
| eradicated as soon as possible. | | | | for such child development programs run by |
| The process of making poverty history will begin | | | | charitable institutions. |