Thursday, June 28, 2012

Obvious Child Labor


When will senators and all officials become less political & more of servant leaders?


The NSO's 2011 Survey on Children, released on Tuesday, June 25, showed there are now 5.6 million working Filipino children, 37% more than the 4 million registered in 2001, when the study was last conducted.


Almost 3 million kids aged 5-17 years old are reported to be in hazardous working conditions, defined by the International Labor Organization as "being likely to harm the children's health, safety or morals by the nature or circumstances of the work." 


Funny because we can't see any government official working on it when they see the obvious. 


Sa mga baranggay na lang na wala naman ginawa ang mga official kundii magtambay at magyosi sa labas ng baranggay hall, wala naman silang pakialam kung ang isang bata ay naghahanap buhay gamit ang isang kariton at nangongolekta nang basura. 


Minsan harap harapan naman kasing nangyayari ngunit ang mga opisyal na walang kwenta ang nagbubulagan. 


Sa palengke. Ang nagbebenta nang mga isda at nagbubuhat nang mga paninda ay si kuya. Isang batang walong taon gulang na kagagaling lang sa paaralan. Tanungin mo kung saan ang magulang, ang sasabihin, nasa bahay. 


Sa Baclaran at Divisoria, makikita mo gamit nang dalawa mong mata ang mga batang hindi na nag-aaral bagkus, ang ginagawa ay kumita nang salapi sa pagbebenta nang mga plastic bag. Marami sila doon.


Sa Pasay. bagkasin mo ang kahabaan nang Taft at makikita mo ang hinahanap mo na mga child laborers.


Sa Pier, sa Rizal at sa Payatas.


You see, in the busy streets of Manila alone, everyone can see the obvious. Pati government officials, I doubt kung hindi nila nakikita yan pag sakay sakay sila nang magarang kotse. 


But, Is anybody out their doing something? 


Change should come from the smallest unit. Starting from the family, to the baranggay, up to the highest government official.


However, officials who doesn't care about what's going on in their environment I think they should be liable too. 


When they see the obvious, wala silang pakialam dahil una, wala naman reklamo. Pangalawa, pinapayagan naman daw nang mga magulang at pangatlo, walang media . 


Burn those government officials!


And to think government is planning on moving to UP Diliman. Geez, maganda yan Para may makita tayong action. Student protest and activism is waiting. 


Again, 


When will senators and all officials become less political & more of servant leaders?
 
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