Tourists and shoe-shining boy
Kids should be in school. In Guatemala there are laws for everything you can imagine, including laws against child labor. Yet there is no enforcement of most laws here; child labor is no exception. In my opinion, this is one of the main reason that makes the countries in the south fall behind. I wonder if these people would allow a kid to work shining their shoes on the streets of their own country?
What do you think?
Daily Content
May 7th, 2006
Thanks for your post and i hope you could visit us soon, i must confess my acknowledge about Guatemala is very weak but i count with you to help me;)
Absolutely agree with you, if those kids working in big companies like nike are hidden in these case is different because we can see, but good news today i read that for the first time the child labour as been reduced in the world.
May 7th, 2006
Glad to see a blog from Central America. I like your photo subjects. Perhaps the tourists thought they were being charitable? It is a sad fact many people will regret poverty and human suffering like child labor in another country but still buy from Nike and Walmart and similar companies, knowing people suffered in the production of those goods.
May 8th, 2006
Your photos are great, I enjoy your explanations too. I know little about Guatemala, so look forward to finding out more.
It will be great to find out more about coffee and cafes from the Guatemalan perspective.
May 8th, 2006
Oh cool photo! Welcome to the family! Looking forward to all your photos =)
May 8th, 2006
Welcome and what a wonderful eye you have of Antigua! I will be back here often. I esp. loved your Tuk-Tuk entry.
Kuala Lumpur Daily Photo
May 8th, 2006
I want to thank Nuno, Louz, Louise, Anne and Edwin for visiting and their kind comments.
August 9th, 2006
[...] The future of a society is with the children and their education and preparation. What kind of future awaits for Guatemala when its children are on the streets working to survive today. What kind of education and preparation will its labor force have in ten or twenty years? I posted another photo of a child at work on May 7th. [...]
January 9th, 2008
This Is Kinda Confusing Is It A Bad Thing? Oh Wait Nevermind I Guess It Is But Like You People Do Know That We Support Slave Labour Everyday Think About It. Like Even The Adult’s Of Slave Labour Need School’s No Just Kid’s I’m Not Making Much Sense I Think I’ll Just Leave…
February 16th, 2008
This child must be far luckier than others who are enrolled in guerilla armies where children of his age can’t find such a gorgeous tourist to shine her shoes
July 30th, 2008
A cynic is only a frustrated optimist.