Health Risks of Child Labourers - By Mohammad Azim Khan Keyani

Health Risks of Child Labourers
By Mohammad Azim Khan Keyani

For working children’s health status two important aspects
Living conditions and their activities on health have effects

They are compelled to work day and night indeed
To meet their own and family’s each fundamental need

They face problems like low levels of income and unemployment
Deprived of safe drinking water and have to enjoyment

Have little access to schools or to hospital treatment
On small mistakes have to face serious impeachment

Of hygiene and health care there is always a lack
Cannot afford milk of cow, buffalo or in pack

Children of poor classes are hardly sent for vaccination
They also do not go to school to get education

In poor working conditions will not deteriorate, what to speak
The health status of these children who are already weak

In fact in each and every children work place
Different types of health risks they have to face

In inappropriate labour conditions they cannot properly grow
Less strong than adults, and mental and physical levels are low

Their health is affected badly when they work on roads
Have to handle tools and machinery and carry heavy loads

In fabrication of brackets and blowing of glass
Children would not have been involved in dangerous jobs alas!

They suffer from problems of respiration including eye
Could become serious any time and even may die

Have we done our duty and at any stage protested?
Children do labour in workshops, which by law is unprotected

Working hours for most child labourers are quite long
It has bad effect on their health, this argument is strong

For meager money they handle machinery and dangerous tools
Are compelled to work day and night and made fools

The prolonged contact with various kinds of chemical agents
Can make many children laborers at any time patients

We must work hard to end any human right violation
Do our utmost to eliminate all kind of child exploitation

Life conditions of child sex workers have become tougher
From sexually transmitted diseases many of them suffer

Child labour from the whole world must be eliminated
From taking very bold steps should not be hesitated