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1 | These Photos of Filipino Children Working in Mines and on Sugar Plantations Will Make You Cry | Sarin'Ankizy Filipino Miasa Amin'ny Fitrandrahana sy Fambolena Fary Hampilatsa-dranomaso Anao |
2 | Child labor exploitation is worsening in the Philippines. | Miharatsy ny fampiasana ankizy any Filipina. |
3 | In 2011, the Philippine National Statistics Office reported that there were 5.5 million working children in the country, 2.9 million of whom were working in hazardous industries such as mining and plantations. | Nitatitra ny Biraon'ny Statistikam-pirenena Filipina tamin'ny 2011 fa nahatratra 5,5 tapitrisa ny ankizy miasa ao amin'ny firenena, ka ny 2,9 tapitrisa amin'izy ireo no miasa amin'ny indostria mampidi-doza tahaka ny fitrandrahana akora ambanin'ny tany sy ny toeram-pambolena. |
4 | The agency added that 900,000 children have stopped attending school in order to work. | Nilaza ihany koa ny sampan-draharaha fa ankizy 900.000 no nijanona nianatra mba hiasa. |
5 | These alarming numbers highlight the poor conditions experienced by many Filipino children, who lack key social services and access to welfare. | Manasongadina ny toe-javatra mampalahelo iainan'ny ankizy Filipino marobe, izay tsy mahazo fanampiana ara-tsosialy sy izay mahasoa ity tarehimarika manaitra ity. |
6 | The Philippines is a signatory to the Convention on the Rights of the Child and other international instruments that aim to promote the welfare of children. | Nanasonia Fifanekena momba ny Zon'ny Ankizy sy fifanekena iraisampirenena hafa izay mikendry hampiroborobo ny mahasoa ny ankizy i Filipina. |
7 | There is also a popular initiative to build child-friendly government, especially at local level. | Misy ihany koa ny fandraisana andraikitra malaza hanorenana governemanta akaiky ny ankizy, indrindra ao amin'ny isam-paritra. |
8 | But these laws and programs have not succeeded in eliminating the various forms of abuse, poverty and deprivation experienced by many children. | Saingy tsy nahavitra nanafoana ireo fihoara-pahefana amin'ny endriny maro isan-karazany, ny fahantrana ary ny tsy fanomezana izay sahaza ireo ankizy marobe ireo lalàna sy fandaharan'asa ireo. |
9 | Last month, the Ecumenical Institute for Labor Education Research (EILER) published a baseline study which confirmed the prevalence of child labor in mines and plantations in various parts of the country. | Tamin'ny volana lasa teo, namoaka fanadihadiana mialoha nanamafy ny fihanaky ny fampiasana ankizy amin'ny toeram-pitrandrahana sy ny toeram-pambolena ao amin'ny faritra maro isan-karazany ao amin'ny firenena ny Ivontoerana Iraisampinoana ho an'ny Fikarohana ny Fanabeazana ny Mpiasa (EILER). |
10 | In plantation communities, about 22.5 percent of households have child workers. | Ao amin'ny fiarahamonina mivelona amin'ny fambolena, ahitana ankizy mpiasa ny 22,5 isan-jaton'ny tokantrano. |
11 | In mining towns, child labor incidence was 14 percent. | Ao amin'ny tanàna ahitana toeram-pitrandrahana indray dia 14 isan-jato ny fampiasana ankizy. |
12 | Child laborers in oil palm fields often serve as fruiters, harvesters, haulers, loaders, and uprooters. | Matetika miasa toy ny mpamboly voankazo, mpanjono, mpitondra entana ary mpitrandraka harena ankibon'ny tany ireo ankizy miasa amin'ny sehatry ny menaka voanio. |
13 | Meanwhile, child labourers in sugarcane estates work weeding, harvesting and fetching water. | Mandritra izany fotoana izany, miasa manongotra bozaka, minjinja sy mpanondraka amin'ny rano ireo ankizy miasa amin'ny toerana midadasika fambolena fary. |
14 | In mines, child labourers usually fetch water, carry sacks of rocks, load the thick logs used to support the underground tunnels, or become errand boys for regular workers. | Ao amin'ny toeram-pitrandrahana, matetika matsaka rano, milanja vato amin'ny lasaka, mibata ireo hazo matevina ampiasaina hanohanana ny tonelina ambanin'ny tany, na lasa irakiraka ho an'ny mpiasa ara-dalàna ireo ankizy mpiasa. |
15 | They are also reserve workers and ‘relievers', whenever regular miners cannot come to work. | Mpiasa atao vonjy rano vaky ihany koa izy ireo rehefa tsy afaka miasa ireo mpitrandraka ara-dalàna. |
16 | Girls in mines work in gold panning or providing services to miners such as doing their laundry or cooking meals. | Ireo ankizivavy kosa dia miasa amin'ny fisivanam-bolamena na manampy ireo mpitrandraka amin'ny fanasana ny lamban'izy ireo sy ny fahandroana sakafo. |
17 | EILER observed that child workers are exposed to extreme weather conditions, long working hours and a difficult environment while using substandard tools and equipment. | Nahita ny EILER fa miaina toetr'andro ratsy, miasa ora maharitra ela sy miaina ao anaty tontolo manodidina mampidi-doza no sady mampiasa fitaovana tsy manara-penitra ireo ankizy miasa. |
18 | In plantations, trucks pick children up from their homes and bring them to makeshift tents located in nearby provinces to stay and work for periods lasting from two weeks to a month without their parents. | Ao amin'ny toeram-pambolena, misy kamiao maka any any an-tranony ireo ankizy ary mitondra azy ireo hipetraka vonjimaika any anaty tranolay miorina ao amin'ireo faritany manodidina mba hipetraka ao sy hiasa mandritra ny vanim-potoana maharitra roa herinandro hatramin'ny iray volana ary tsy miara-mipetraka amin'ny ray aman-drenin'izy ireo. |
19 | Since most plantations use harmful agro-chemicals, the children working on them are directly exposed to these threats. | Hatramin'ny nampiasàn'ny ankamaroan'ireo toeram-pambolena ny vokatra simika mampidi-doza, atahorana ny fahasalaman'ireo ankizy miasa amin'izany. |
20 | Their counterparts working in mines, meanwhile, are handling dangerous tools and are made to work without protective equipment for long hours. | Ireo namany miasa amin'ny toeram-pitrandrahana kosa mandritra izany dia mikirakira fitaovana mampidi-doza ary ampiasaina mandritra ny fotoana maharitra ela tsy misy fitaovam-piarovana. |
21 | Social hazards such as the use of illegal drugs to keep children inside the tunnels awake for hours are also a regular feature of the country's mines. | Zava-misy mahazatra ao amin'ny toeram-pitrandrahana ao amin'ny firenena ihany koa ireo loza ara-tsosialy toy ny fampiasana zava-mahadomelina tsy ara-dalàna mba hahafahana mampifoha hatrany mandritra ny ora maro ireo ankizy ao anaty tonelina. |
22 | Pitang holding a placard which reads: “I am a child labourer”. | Pitang milanja takelaka iray mivaky hoe: “Ankizy miasa aho, arovy ny zoko”. |
23 | Photo from the Facebook page of Jhona Ignilan Stokes | Sary tao amin'ny pejy Facebook-n'i Jhona Ignilan Stokes |
24 | A former child worker from Mindanao, Pitang, shares her experience in the plantations during a recent public forum organized by EILER: | Mizara ny zava-iainany ao amin'ny toeram-pambolena nandritra ny fifanakalozan-kevitra natrehin'ny daholobe vao haingana izay nokarakarain'ny EILER ny ankizy mpiasa iray avy ao Mindanao, Pitang: |
25 | I was ten years old when I stopped going to school. | Folo taona aho no nijanona tsy nandia fianarana intsony. |
26 | I have lost hope that I might still go back to school, and I thought to myself that I would be a singer instead. | Very ny fanantenako ho afaka hiverina indray any an-tsekoly, ary nieritreritra ny tenako ho lasa mpihira aho. |
27 | I usually sing to endure and forget the feeling of pain and fatigue from working in plantation. | Matetika aho mihira hiaretana sy hanadinoana ny fangirifiriana sy ny harerahana avy miasa amin'ny toeram-pambolena. |
28 | It has been four years since I stopped schooling. | Efa efa-taona aho izao no tsy nianatra intsony. |
29 | I only reached the sixth grade level and then had to stop so I could work. | Kilasy fahenina ihany no mba vitako ary tsy maintsy nijanona aho ahafahako miasa. |
30 | Fortunately, there are groups like EILER which are campaigning for the elimination of the worst forms of child labor in the country. | Soa ihany fa misy ny vondrona toy ny EILER izay manao hetsika amin'ny famongorana ny endrika ratsy indrindra isehoan'ny fampiasana ankizy ao amin'ny firenena. |
31 | One of their programs is Balik-Eskuwela (Return to School) which seeks to bring child workers back to school. | Iray amin'ny fandaharan'asan'izy ireo ny Balik-Eskuwela (Miverina An-tsekoly) izay mikasa hitondra indray ireo ankizy mpiasa hiverina an-tsekoly. |
32 | The European Union is one of EILER's partners on this project. | Iray amin'ireo mpiara-miombon'antoka ny EILER amin'ity tetikasa ity ny Vondrona Eoropeana. |
33 | Child workers return to school. | Tafaverina an-tsekoly ireo ankizy mpiasa. |
34 | Photo from the Facebook page of Balik-eskuwela | Sary tao amihn'ny pejy Facebook-n'i Balik-eskuwela |