Project Based Learning 5c Will Nalin

Their press release for this report summarizes some of the common problems children face, such as:Refugees (children make up over half of the world's refugees)Hazardous labor exploitationphysical abusesexual violence and exploitationrecruitment as child soldiersPolice abuse and arbitrary detention of street childrenOrphans and abandoned children without adequate careSexual abuse and traffickingLack of access to education, or substandard education

'In the United States, Hershey conjures up innocent childhood pleasures and enjoyable snacks,' according to 'Time to Raise the Bar', a report released this week by four labour rights and fair trade groups. 'However, halfway across the globe, there is a dark side to Hershey. In West Africa, where Hershey sources much of its cocoa, the scene is one of child labor, trafficking, and forced labor.' For the last decade, U.S. chocolate companies have been pressured to take responsibility for abuses in their supply chains. Competing companies like Cadbury/Kraft, Mars and Nestle have made efforts to combat poor conditions in cocoa- growing countries. But Hershey, which claims 42.5 percent of the U.S. chocolate market, has been slow to initiate adequate measures against abuses, the report says.

One out of every ten people in the general population suffer from some form of mental illness. Teachers are no exception. One in twenty will spend some time in residential psychotherapy at some point in their lives. One in ten children need special psychiatric or psychological therapy.

Both federal studies found that only about 30 percent of all maltreated children are physically abused, and only about 10 per- cent of these children (3 percent of total) suffer an injury severe enough to require professional care. Thus, nine-tenths of the cases labeled "physical abuse" are really situations of "excessive or unreasonable" corporal punishment that, although a matter of legitimate government concern, are unlikely to escalate into a dangerous assault on a child

Child labor in India is a grave and extensive problem. Children under the age of 14 are forced to work in glass-blowing, fireworks, and most commonly, carpet-making factories.

Nike has been accused of using child labor in the production of its soccer balls in Pakistan.