The Lion's Pride Volume 11 (Winter 2019) | Page 31

Child labor is at risk due to employment in many jobs and insufficient
security. The infections of these children with AIDS and other illnesses
are just one of the damages awaiting them on the streets. Child laborers
are one of the most vulnerable social strata. Not only do they lack safe
space, family, educational and healthcare facilities, but they are also
deprived of the simplest human freedoms: the right to pleasure, play, and
recreation. Governments and other organizations should have good
programs to reduce this problem. This is a huge problem that threatens
the future of the society, because these children are going to be adults in
the future. In order to have a better future, we must solve today’s social
problems. I hope government will step in and take this problem
seriously. This issue is very significant, important, and global. If they
forget about children, we will face tragedy in the future. I hope that the
next time I go to my country, instead of seeing child laborers, I see
happy kids who are playing with their friends.