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1 | No Protection for Quetta's Vulnerable Child Garbage Sellers | Zaza Mpivarotra Fako ao Quetta Tsy Misy Mpiaro |
2 | Child Labors Jummah and Razzaq. | Ankizy Mpiasa Jummah sy Razzaq. |
3 | Photo by Sami Parvez | Saripikan'i Sami Parvez |
4 | The post was written by Adnan Aamir for The Balochistan Point. | Ny lahatsoratra dia nosoratan'i Adnan Aamir ho an'ny The Balochistan Point. |
5 | It is republished on Global Voices under a content-sharing agreement. | Nivoaka indray ato amin'ny Global Voices noho ny fifanarahana hifampizara vontoaty. |
6 | Everyday when the sun rises Jummah Khan and Razzaq leave their homes, with large plastic bags hanging on their tender shoulders, to search for garbage. | Isan'andro rehefa miposaka ny masoandro dia mandao ny fonenany i Jummah Khan sy i Razzaq, mitondra harona plastika lehibe mihantona amin'ny tendany, hitady fako. |
7 | In the evening, they sell their daily collection of garbage. | Ny hariva, mivarotra ny fako nangoniny izy ireo. |
8 | Like thousands of other children in Balochistan's capital city Quetta, 12 year-old Jummah and 11 year-old Razzaq are forced into child labor because of extreme poverty. | Tahaka ireo ankizy an'arivony ao an-drenivohitr'i Balochistan antsoina hoe Quetta, dia tsy maintsy miasa mbola zaza noho ny fahantrana lalina ilay 12 taona Jummah sy ilay 11 taona Razzaq. |
9 | Nearly a third of Pakistan's population lives below the poverty line, and in Balochistan, the country's poorest province, the situation is worse: almost 52 percent of the population lives below the poverty line. | Manakaiky ny ampahatelon'ny mponina ao Pakistan no miaina ao ambany tokonam-baravaran'ny fahantrana, ary ao Balochistan, faritany mahantra indrindra ao amin'ny firenena, dia ratsy indrindra ny toe-draharaha : Saika ny 52 isanjaton'ny mponina no miaina ao ambany tokonam-baravaran'ny fahantrana. |
10 | There are no official statistics on the number of child laborers in Quetta, but the non-profit Society for Empowering Human Resources (SEHER), estimates that more than 10,000 children work in the city of 1.3 million people. | Tsy misy ny antontanisa ofisialin'ny zaza tsy maintsy miasa ao Quetta, saingy misy fikambanana tsy miankina sady tsy mitady tombom-barotra ara-bola Society for Empowering Human Resources (SEHER), [Fikambanana Manome Hasina ny Vitan'Olombelona] nanombana fa mihoatra ny 10000 ny zaza miasa ao amin'ny tanàna misy mponina 1,3 tapitrisa. |
11 | SEHER estimates that 60% of the children are involved in garbage picking. | Manombana ny SEHER fa ny 60%-n'ny ankizy no tafiditra amin'ny fitsiponana fako. |
12 | The government of Balochistan does not seem to think curbing child labor is a priority. | Tsy taratra ho manao ho laharam-pahamehana ny fampidinana ny tahan'ny ankizy miasa ny governemantan'i Balochistan. |
13 | In fact, last year the provincial assembly failed to pass the Balochistan Prohibition of Employment of Children Bill. | Ny zava-nisy, tamin'ny herintaona dia tsy lany tao amin'ny antenimieram-paritany ny Volavolan-Dalàna Mandrara ny Zaza ao Balochistan tsy Hiasa. |
14 | This bill is the least stringent compared to child labor prevention legislation in Pakistan's three other provinces. | Ity volavolan-dalàna ity no tsy henjana indrindra amin'ny lalàna misoroka ny fampiasana zaza raha mitaha amin'ireo faritany telo hafa ao Pakistan. |
15 | Unlike the other bills, this one considers children to be 12 and under, (the others protect children 14 and under) and this one does not prevent child workers that are 14-18 years old from working in hazardous conditions. | Tsy mba tahaka ireo lalàna hafa, fa ity iray ity dia mametraka ny ankizy ho 12 taona na midina, (ny an'ny hafa miaro ny zaza 14 taona noho midina) ary ity iray ity dia tsy misoroka ny fampiasana ankizy anelanelan'ny taona 14-18 ho any amin'ny toerana na asa mampidi-doza. |
16 | Until the province doesn't pass its own legislation, the federal government's child protection laws, which includes monitoring by 34 child labor inspectors, should be enforced, but they rarely are. | Raha mbola tsy nandany ny lalànany manokana ny faritany dia tokony ny lalàna federaly miaro ny ankizy, ahitana ny fanarahamason'ny inspekteran'ny fampiasana zaza miisa 34 no mihatra, saingy vitsy dia vitsy ny manaraka izany. |
17 | In fact, the country's law also mandates free education for all children till they are 16, but 66% of Balochistan's children do not go to school. | Raha ny izy, dia mandidy ny ankizy rehetra hianatra maimaimpoana mandrapahatongan'ny faha-16 taonany ny lalànan'ny firenena, saingy ny 66%-n'ny zaza ao Balochistan no tsy mankany an-tsekoly. |
18 | Jummah Khan says he earns $1.5 to $3 a day by reselling garbage. | Milaza i Jummah Khan fa mahazo anelanelan'ny $1,5 ka hatramin'ny $3 isan'andro eo ho eo izy amin'ny famarotana izay fako notsiponiny. |
19 | “I work to support my family because my father doesn't do any job,” said Jummah Khan. | “Miasa aho hanohanako ny fianakaviako satria tsy manan'asa ny raiko,” hoy i Jummah Khan. |
20 | He has one brother and two sisters and all of them work. | Manana rahalahy iray sy anabavy roa izy ary miasa daholo izy rehetra ireo. |
21 | “If we don't work then our family can't get anything to eat,” lamented Jummah Khan. | “Rehefa tsy miasa izahay dia tsy manana na inona na inona hohanina ny fianakavianay,” hoy ny taraindrainan'i Jummah Khan. |
22 | “I have been working since I was 4 years old and I don't think I will stop collecting garbage any time soon,” said Jummah with clear disappointment on his face. | “Efa niasa aho hatramin'ny fahaefa-taonako ary tsy mbola mieritreritra ny hijanona amin'ny fitsiponana fako aho na dia atsy ho atsy aza,” hoy i Jummah izay hita miharihary eny amin'ny tavany ny fahadisoam-panantenana. |
23 | “I work because I don't have a father,” added Razzaq quietly. | “Miasa aho satria tsy manan-dray,” hoy i Razzaq nanampy ampitoniana. |
24 | His father passed away a few years ago. | Efa lasa taona vitsy lasa izay ny rainy. |
25 | He says ever since he can remember, he has been working. | Nolaziny fa hatramin'izay nahatsiarovany saina dia efa niasa izy. |
26 | Razzaq refused to tell me how much he earned. | Tsy nety niteny tamiko izay vola raisiny i Razzaq. |
27 | His friend said he was probably afraid that I would snatch his earnings from him. | Milaza ny namany fa matahotra izy fandrao hisy hanendaka aminy indray izay efa azony. |
28 | Jummah Khan and Razzaq denied facing any sort of abuse while garbage picking. | Samy milaza ho tsy misy manambaka na manararaotra ny fahakelezany na i Jummah Khan na i Razzaq rehfea mitsipona fako. |
29 | Whether they were actually not abused or hiding their abuse experiences due to shame, which is common in Pakistan, one can't say with certainty. | Na tsy misy tokoa ny manararaotra azy ireo na manafina ny fanararaotana azy izy ireo noho ny henatra, izay fahita ao Pakistan, dia tsy misy afa-manizingizina ny amin'izany. |
30 | However, many child workers are not fortunate. | Saingy tsy “tsara vintana” ny maro amin'ny zaza miasa. |
31 | Abdul Samad, buys garbage picked up by child laborers like Jummah and Razzaq. | Abdul Samad, dia mividy ny fako tsimponin'ny zaza mpiasa tahaka an'i Jummah sy Razzaq. |
32 | Samad says that garbage-picking children are not only abused but often under-paid by the traders who buy garbage from them. | Milaza i Samad fa tsy vitan'ny iharan'ny fanararaotana ireo zaza mpitsimpona fako ireo fa mbola ataon'ireo mpanelanelana ambany dia ambany ihany koa ny fako notsimponin'izy ireo. |
33 | “Child laborers don't have anyone to look after them and that makes them vulnerable to all sort of abuses,” claims Samad. | “Tsy mba misy mpiahy ireo zaza mpiasa ireo ka izay no mahatonga azy ireo ho mora marefon'ny karazam-pihoaram-pahefana rehetra,” hoy i Samad. |
34 | “I can't share stories of child labor abuses because I feel disgusted,” exclaimed the garbage vendor. | “Tsy afa-mizara ny tantaran'ireo fanararaotana manjò ireo zaza mpiasa aho fa tena rikoriko,” hoy ilay mpivarotra fako. |
35 | Samad said most of the child laborers he dealt with were ethnic Pakhtuns, either Afghan refugees or orphan children from Pakistan's northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. | Nilaza i Samad fa ny ankamaroan'ireo ankizy mpiasa dia avy amin'ny foko Pakhtuns, na mpitsoa-ponenana Afghanna kamboty avy ao amin'ny faritany avaratra andrefan'i Pakistan antsoina hoe Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. |