{"id":87271,"date":"2022-11-03T13:52:36","date_gmt":"2022-11-03T13:52:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/?p=87271"},"modified":"2022-11-03T13:52:42","modified_gmt":"2022-11-03T13:52:42","slug":"poverty-forces-afghanistans-children-into-backbreaking-work","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/news\/87271-poverty-forces-afghanistans-children-into-backbreaking-work\/","title":{"rendered":"Poverty forces Afghanistan&#8217;s children into backbreaking work"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The London-based NGO &#8216;Save the Children&#8217; estimates that half of Afghanistan&#8217;s families have put their children to work out of economic necessity. Children as young as 4 cab be seen working at kilns.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"865\" height=\"490\" src=\"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/11\/n00102956-b.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-87272\" srcset=\"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/11\/n00102956-b.jpg 865w, https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/11\/n00102956-b-300x170.jpg 300w, https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/11\/n00102956-b-768x435.jpg 768w, https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/11\/n00102956-b-390x220.jpg 390w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 865px) 100vw, 865px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The situation has gone from bad to worse following the U.S withdrawal and the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan in August 2021. The country is enduring economic crises as well as droughts that have had disastrous consequences for its population and its children.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"560\" src=\"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/11\/\u06a9\u0648\u062f\u06a9\u0627\u0646-\u06a9\u0627\u0631\u06af\u0631-3-1024x560.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-87273\" srcset=\"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/11\/\u06a9\u0648\u062f\u06a9\u0627\u0646-\u06a9\u0627\u0631\u06af\u0631-3-1024x560.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/11\/\u06a9\u0648\u062f\u06a9\u0627\u0646-\u06a9\u0627\u0631\u06af\u0631-3-300x164.jpg 300w, https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/11\/\u06a9\u0648\u062f\u06a9\u0627\u0646-\u06a9\u0627\u0631\u06af\u0631-3-768x420.jpg 768w, https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/11\/\u06a9\u0648\u062f\u06a9\u0627\u0646-\u06a9\u0627\u0631\u06af\u0631-3.jpg 1041w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Children are involved in every step of the brickmaking process, such as hauling canisters of water or carrying the wooden brick molds full of mud to put then in the sun to dry. Workers get the equivalent of $4 for every 1,000 bricks they make. One adult working alone cannot do that amount in a day, but if the children help, they can make 1,500 bricks a day, workers told media outlets<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The London-based NGO &#8216;Save the Children&#8217; estimates that half of Afghanistan&#8217;s families have put their children to work out of economic necessity. Children as young as 4 cab be seen working at kilns. The situation has gone from bad to worse following the U.S withdrawal and the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan in August 2021. 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