children and stone quarrying

Modern Slavery and Child Labour in South Indian Granite

Quarri SCL Stop Child Labour ICN India Committee of the Netherlands Rock Most of the workers engaged in stone quarry work are from backward and

BBC NEWS World South Asia Real cost of India s cheap

Jan 5 Growing Western demand for natural stone is taking its toll on India reports the Indian child quarry worker Many quarry workers are children

One of every ten workers in Raichur s granite mines is a

May 14 In this region of Karnataka children break and crush the stones with 10 of the total workforce in six quarries in state s Raichur district

The plight of Nepal s child quarry workers who

After tipping out the stones Shanti sits and picks up a small rock hammer to break them up She is 12 years old This is child labour in a stone quarry in Nepal

Impact of child labor in stone quarries on his

The aims of this study were to found out the nature and impact of child labor in the stone quarries on his health status and assess the work hazards associated

A tough existence for Rajasthan s stone workers

Aug 4 Stone quarrying is a tough business and the Indian sandstone industry HHSS to provide schooling for the children of quarry workers

Stone industry faces the challenge of addressing modern

Jul 5 Hopefully companies extracting stone from the British Isles are not using It found 38 of children in these areas worked in stone quarri

Child labour in Indian quarries Stop

Child labour in Indian quarri from which quarries they are sourcing their granite or say they do not know from which quarries the stone comes from

Case Report An 11 year old boy with silico tuberculosis

Jun 23 No preventive measures have been instituted in the stone mining industry and children are exposed to respirable silica dust when their

Mining for rights child labour in India WhyDev

Aug 10 India is one of the largest natural stone producers accounting for 27 of the world s production Rabe 7 Mining in India was first used

Lateline 14/04/ The child workers risking life and

Apr 14 Former child soldiers are among thousands of Ugandans risking their lives by quarrying stone in the capital Kampala Thousands of people

Beer Quarry Caves Day Out With The Kids

At Beer Quarry Caves trained guides conduct hour long tours of this vast man made caverns created by centuries of quarrying the famous Beer Stone

Child Labour in the Indian Sandstone Industry

industry in the Indian state of Rajasthan UNICEF will use the findings to develop long term interventions to tackle child labour in the stone quarrying sector The

save stone quarry children 4UGANDAORG

The situation of Ugandas children is desperate and a present atrocity they are used as daily manual slaves pounding rocks in stone quarries for 25 cents to

Children bonded workers slave in India s

Aug 25 Yet conditions in stone quarries are deplorable China Germany Belgium UK and the Netherlands are major importers of Indian granite

IRIN Children crushing stones into gravel to get

Jun 29 Benin Child working at a quarry in Benin where stone is crushed into gravel told IRIN that he regularly works crushing stones in the quarry

Activities Santulan

Pashan Shala provides the right to education for the hard to reach category of children and child labourers in the stone quarry sector In the first school

Rock The Quarry Trail Challenge 5K Kids Fun

Locally owned and operated Grove Stone Sand Company is proud to partner with presenting sponsor Carolina to host the 10th annual Rock the Quarry 5K

Addiction rising among child labourers in

Dec 26 For children living in villages adjacent to the stone quarries in Bundi addiction to tobacco products is as normal as breaking cobblestones that

Poverty and Social Vulnerability of Stone Quarry

quarries are detached from the living place of local inhabitants and most of the laborers in stone quarries are children and women They are deprived of getting

Awareness Raising Works US Department of Labor Blog

Sep 20 A young Beninese approximately 6 years old carries stones across a quarry Educating parents and communities can help protect children

Children of the Stone Quarries Ethical

Feb 16 Feature on child labour involved in the Indian sandstone industry Working conditions in the stone quarries of Rajasthan were first brought to

Child labor Children reveal horror of working in

Jun 12 Artisanal mining is especially treacherous as it requires plucking stone from loose surface or tunneling which can lead to deadly rockslid

My Trip to the Quarry Media in Ghana University of

Jul 8 Media in Ghana blog post My Trip to the Quarry from July 8 and now independent men women and children break stones to be

India Report highlights modern slavery child

India Report highlights modern slavery child labour in granite quarries their granite or say they do not know from which quarries the stone comes from

Occupational Injury Proneness in Young Workers A Survey in

Methods This study was carried out in stone quarries and included 147 children and adolescent workers 81 males and 66 females The mean age of the

Seneca Quarry Wikipedia

Seneca Quarry is a historic site located at Seneca Montgomery County Maryland It is located along the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal on the north bank of the Potomac River just west of Seneca Creek The quarry was the source of stone for two Potomac River canals the in to educate the children of the stone cutters who worked at the quarry