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Thursday, February 16, 2012

Gold Mining In Kenya Pulls Children Out Of School

We know the dangers of involving children in gold mining, both in terms of losing school days and damaging their health, but we rely on the goodwill of people to report cases but this doesn’t happen often because parents encourage their children to seek employment at the mines," said Emily Waga, a senior children’s officer in Migori. “When people are poor, nothing that brings in income is dangerous."
http://www.soschildrensvillages.ca/news/news/child-poverty-news/pages/gold-mining-kenya-pulls-children-out-school-137.aspx

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