A boy resting along a sidewalk while selling cakes in Phnom Penh (Photo: AFP)08 April 2007
By Sav Yuth
Radio Free Asia
Translated from Khmer by Socheata
The International Labor Organization (ILO) which is fulfilling its duty in 7 provinces and cities in Cambodia as part of its program to fight against child labor, said that, currently, about 250,000 Cambodian children are being used to perform hard labor.
Theng Chhavy Rithy, the ILO program director for the elimination of child labor, said that as of now, several tens of thousands children are selling their labor in numerous workplaces located both on land and on water.
Theng Chhavy Rithy said: “If we look at the number of children involved in hard labor, there are about 250,000 of them who are working in all kinds of very hard labor in the fishing industry in Sihanoukville and in Kampot province. In Kep city, children are working in the salt fields, and in Kampot also. They are put to work in brick factories in Siem Reap for example.”
The ILO official also said that ILO is working with the Ministry of Labor and Vocational Training to remove 15,000 children from hard labor, and provide them with training so that they can earn a living later on.
The ILO said that the US Department of Labor had provided $5 million in aid to provide vocational training for children removed from hard labor. The aid was provided in 2004, and will last for four years, until 2008.
Theng Chhavy Rithy, the ILO program director for the elimination of child labor, said that as of now, several tens of thousands children are selling their labor in numerous workplaces located both on land and on water.
Theng Chhavy Rithy said: “If we look at the number of children involved in hard labor, there are about 250,000 of them who are working in all kinds of very hard labor in the fishing industry in Sihanoukville and in Kampot province. In Kep city, children are working in the salt fields, and in Kampot also. They are put to work in brick factories in Siem Reap for example.”
The ILO official also said that ILO is working with the Ministry of Labor and Vocational Training to remove 15,000 children from hard labor, and provide them with training so that they can earn a living later on.
The ILO said that the US Department of Labor had provided $5 million in aid to provide vocational training for children removed from hard labor. The aid was provided in 2004, and will last for four years, until 2008.
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