cover image: Child Laborers Pick Coffee On A Coffee Plantation

Child Laborers Pick Coffee On A Coffee Plantation

2002

A young girl picks coffee rather than going to school. Families dependent on money generated by coffee pull their children, particularly girls, out of school because they cannot afford school fees. Nearly 2 million Kenyan children work in the coffee and tea sectors. The HIV/AIDS epidemic is also a contributing factor to child labor, as increasing numbers of children are becoming orphaned and are forced to work to support themselves and their younger siblings. In Kenya alone, over one million children have been orphaned due to AIDS.
children's rights child labor coffee industry

Authors

Romano, U. Roberto

Format
Photographs Color
Place Discussed
1.00000000, 38.00000000 Kenya Kenya (nation)
Provider
Connecticut Digital Archive
Published in
Kenya
Reference
Romano_141.jpg
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This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License, CC BY-NC. The collection is open and available for research.
Source
Digital Public Library of America https://dp.la/item/acaafbce12d8260b283511df42b2114f

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