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Indian bonded child laborer Mohammad Wasim, 13, cries while riding a bus after being rescued during a raid by workers from Bachpan Bachao Andolan "Save the Childhood Movement" in New Delhi on July 11, 2012.
Photos and text by Kevin Frayer / AP
About 50,000 children are believed to be working in factories in New Delhi alone, with thousands more begging on the streets and sorting garbage. India recently passed a law aimed at fighting child labor by making education compulsory up to age 14. Grinding poverty still leads many kids to work, and certain industries that involve intricate machinery or delicate handiwork prefer their smaller hands. Read more about raids on child labor here
Indian bonded child laborer Mohammad Wasim, 13, left, sits in a vehicle after being rescued during a raid on July 11, 2012.
Indian bonded child laborer Iqrar, 11, is led away by a worker after being rescued during a raid on July 11, 2012.
An Indian bonded child laborer is checked by medical workers after being rescued in a raid on July 11, 2012.
A young Indian bonded child laborer waits to be processed after being rescued during a raid on July 11, 2012.
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If India keeps doing this Romneys going to have to find his workforce in another country.
Obama's got us looking that bad now with 1 in 6 on food stamps ....
@bigbenalaska. What are yoy talking about?
Lets not turn this into another political party argument. It doesn't matter if you are Democrat or Republican. Abusive labor of children is wrong and we American's should be ashamed because our material lust for cheap "stuff" fuels this fire.
If we banned products from countries with no proper and enforced child labor laws, we would have more employment in this country and would not be fueling the abusive employment of children in other countries.
Don't blame the American consumer for other countries' lack of proper employment laws. But do blame our congress for allowing trade with such countries.
The cattle are treated better in India than humans !
In this instance what do they mean by "bonded"?
We could just embargo their goods until they got the labor laws in place and working. Then we could import again.
I was curious about the "bonded" aspect too as they didn't elaborate. I clicked on the link 'Read more about raids on child labor here' and get 'this is no longer available'.
Way to go MSNBC.
Whats up with the link for more info on this story MSNBC?
Heres what we get when we click the link, http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/47778818/ns/world_news-south_and_central_asia/t/factory-raids-reveal-child-labor-persists-india/#.T_4SJvUWF2A
PLEASE FIX IT, Thank you.
The owners of these factories should be bonded themselves for 5 years and strip of all their gains.
Stop having kids you can't feed!
I am 100% for helping the children in poverty. Here in America, there in India, or anywhere else. Kids did not create their situation and do not deserve to suffer. Parents that cannot care for their children have to be stopped though. Everywhere. I do not know the answer, but something has to be done. I feel for these children, but unfortunately most of the aid designed to help them (everywhere in the world) is stolen by their own parents.
Parents living in slums, cannot afford to feed or cloth or protect their children, yet somehow find money for cigarettes and beer. Parents do not always know what is best.
So what happens to these kids now? Back to the environment that forced them into "bonded labor" in the first place? Will they be better off?