Rwandan Tea Still On U.S. Black List Over Child Labor

In the context of the World Day against Child Labor on June 12, a survey that was published in 2010 in Rwanda indicates that 79, 3% of kids involved in child labor are in agriculture while 12, 6% of them are in other activities which include domestic services.

As far as agriculture is concerned, Damien Nzamwita, who is in charge of social security policy and child labor control at Mifotra notes that by the time this report was conducted in 2008, those children were found for instance in plantations of Irish potatoes and especially tea plantations. He however assured that much effort had been made by government and employers to stop this trend, and that today it is no longer the case.

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