Afghanistan] Thousands of children work the streets of Kabul to sustain their families. © David Swanson/IRIN

I tried several times to with professional in different parts on the country, but could not get a response just of yet. I tried to connect with professional in both Australia and Dubai. Since I did not receive a response I decide to learn about poverty in our countries.

 Therefore, I have chosen to read about poverty in the country of AFGHANISTAN. It was interesting to learn how children both girls and boys are living in Afghanistan are forced to quit school to work, because of the affect of poverty has on their lives. After the collapse of the Taliban in 2001, there was hardship in the city of Kabul, where children had to step up to the forefront to work. Not only, were children taking care of their own needs, but the needs of their entire families. According to Edward Carwardine, a spokesman for the United Nations' Children's Fund (UNICEF), told IRIN in Kabul, "In urban areas more children work openly on the streets and approximately  40,000 children were now working on the city's streets”(IRIN, 2004).

            On this particular website “AFGHANISTAN: Poverty forces children to quit school to work”, children were sharing their story of how they love and wanted to go to school, but could not because they are the breadwinner in their family. Children did jobs such as: shoes shine boys, washing cars, porters and many more.  Children as young as 10 years old failed their classes due to the long hours spent on the street just to sale their merchandise. Some children even made a living just by begging people for money. In any case, children need our help in order to have victory over poverty.

In order to reduce poverty among children and their families living in Afghanistan, there have to be a devise plan implemented for them that will improve their way of living.
According to UNICEF, in order to better assist children who do work, or who live in vulnerable families, Afghanistan needed a strong social care system. "The fact that so many children have to work in the first place is an indication of the economic hardship and stress faced by many Afghan families," the UNICEF official said. Carwardine said the country needed more long-term support to tackle the issue of child labour in the war-affected country. "It would be naive to think that the issue of working children can be solved in a short period of time," he noted (IRIN, 2004).

I have learned there are reliefs efforts are establish all over the world, which is willing to cut the number of children and family living in poverty. Also, there are organization that cares about children living in poverty educational and health care, in which they are willing to support to needs, so they can become successful individuals. Another thing I have learn and did not realize the vast amount of children who are force to work on the street, instead of being a child who just play or go to school.

Reference:

Swanson, D (2004). Afghanistan Thousands of children work the streets of
     Kabul to sustain their families. Retrieved from http://www.irinnews.org

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