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Sunday, October 11, 2015

From the gold mine to the classroom

Young miners breathe using small tubes when they go underwater for hours in mining shafts. The mercury they use to refine ore could damage their nervous system and kill them at an early age.
In response, the labour department launched a programme to give livelihood and additional income to miners to stop them from forcing their children to work dangerously at mining pits for little money.

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