Children in the dust
January 3rd, 2010
Many children in the mountainous province of Ha Giang don’t go to schools instead they go to mining sites to work. Dan Tri reports.
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| Each morning, hundred of people flock to an ore mine in Nam Sooc village, Mau Due commune, Yen Minh district to glen pieces of ore. |
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| Most of the workers are children. |
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| They use primitive tools to collect ore. |
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| These young eyes have turned red from the dust. |
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| These are pieces of ore they have collected |
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| Only high quality ore can be sold at a high price. |
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| Several pieces of ore are the results of a working day for this little girl from the H’mong tribe. |
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| To earn some more money, they have to carry the ore to the road for sale. |
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| They know nothing about these pieces of rocks except that they can earn money from them. |
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| Without being protected, this girl’s eyes are hurt by dust. |
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Source:vietnamnet.vn
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