Eliminate children employment?

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A.Hidalgo

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The article talks about the new accords by the Dominican government and the International Labor Organization. Its focus is to eliminate infantile work and provide ways of eliminating the need for this. According to the article there exist a program called Programa Solidaridad or Solidarity Program that assists approximately 225,000 families with help and orientation. I believe this help is some kind of monetary assistance which is of course another government subsidy. These families are very poor and nothing wrong with the government stepping in and helping, but education and job creation are indispensable in solving the long term poverty situation that engenders children employment.

Now my question is simple...will we see less limpia botas in the streets in the coming years....

SANTO DOMINGO.- El Gobierno y la Organizaci?n Internacional del Trabajo (OIT) firmaron hoy un acuerdo para eliminar las diferentes formas del trabajo infantil en la Rep?blica Dominicana. El acuerdo fue firmado por el vicepresidente de la Rep?blica, Rafael Alburquerque, el director de la Oficina Subregional de la OIT, Virgilio Levaggi y la primera dama, Margarita Cede?o de Fern?ndez durante un acto realizado en el sal?n Hermanas Mirabal del Palacio Nacional.
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La República - Gobierno firma acuerdo con la OIT para eliminar el trabajo infantil en el pa?*s
 
J D Sauser

J D Sauser

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Yeah well... maybe you will see less limpia botas and limpia cristales on intersections, because in the end, all they ever will do about it, is to make it illegal... so you'll see more delinquentes instead.
You wouldn't really want to believe that a substantial part of the monetary help destined to poor families will really reach them? And IF some of it would really get to some of those families, what has handing out money ever changed? Sends out the wrong signal.
What needs to be changed is the lack of productivity and thus lack of REAL jobs in this country, so families CAN work and earn an honest buck.
What needs to change, for that to happen is that quality FREE and public education is plentiful and available to everybody in this country WHEREVER the live (si Senor, en los campos tambien)... and that includes books and professional education later on.

We need more production and manufacturing for the LOCAL market, so we have more work and import less. Thus lovering prices for a lot of products here too.

I have the greatest of respect for these kids and lads who chose to try to peddle cell phone accessories, cell phone pre-paid cards, wash windshields or clean shoes OVER going down a much more lucrative appearing route. And all that while taking the uncalled for offenses and verbal abuse and the cheap hypocrisy from drivers of cars worth more than their parents home and next 10 years income, telling them "... ai mi amor, que no tengo hoy!"... with enough dignity not to become aggressive.

Yes, at times they can be quite annoying but at the end, they are not the ones who mug you instead.

... J-D.
 
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