If I were a young boy working at a Mine in Africa This how my day would be and what I would be thinking......
Every morning I wake up knowing that I have to go back to the mine and work ... not for myself, but for my family... I take the long walk to the mine and get ready... because I am one of the older boys I need to go down into the mine. I have to pour mercury onto my hands because it attracts gold. As i pour the mercury i think to myself"This is so dangerous... but i must do this for my family".I then slowly lower myself into the mine... i must load rocks into the bucket so that the others can haul it up. I pace myself for a long day of doing this job... I just wish.. That one day i wont have to do this and find another way to earn money for the family. That I will give my siblings the Chance that i missed, to go to school. i wish that there would just be someone, one day that would be able to help my family....
2 comments:
flwavGreat job! Isn't it terrible that the children, trying to help out themselves and their family, have to put their education and health at risk? Imagine being sixteen and so sick from working in dangerous conditions your whole life that you can't find a job anymore! I definitely think that those in the world who have it good enough to afford gold should make sure that they aren't taking advantage of child labor. What do you think?
That's really interesting. And your writing is fantastic. I didn't know much about the kids who worked in gold mines. That's horrible about the mercury. That's poison they're putting on their hands.
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