Where do we find child labour and how do we stop it?

submitted by Saint Francis Secondary Sliema : Abela Amy, Catania Maria, Mallia Marija-Daniela, Zammit Pia  for 11-14
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‘Children should have pens in their hands not tools’, said Iqbal Mashi, a boy who was assassinated in 1995 and had worked in a carpet factory till the age of ten. This sentence, although simple, makes you stop and think about how many children around the world are being deprived of schooling, education and the simple things in life which we sometimes take for granted or even complain about, just so they can earn enough money to survive. Therefore, we decided to research this issue and find out whether Maltese people are aware of this increasing problem.