Reporting Child Labour

The social malady of child labour can be brought under control, if each individual takes responsibility of reporting about anyone employing a child below the age of fourteen-years. Many people avoid reporting about such incidents in their neighborhood, as they fear the number of times they would have to visit to make statements against the culprits. Or then, people just prefer to turn a blind eye towards such employers, as they do not wish to spoil relations with people.

The fact is that one who is aware of something wrong happening and lets it continue to happen is as responsible for the wrong as the culprit himself/herself. Thus, instead of ignoring on should find out about reporting child labour and how such children can actually be saved.

The government has a special cell to help children in exploitive circumstances. These cells comprise of social inspectors, as well as other administrative personnel, employed specifically to deal with child labour issues. Apart from that even the media is known to help in such circumstances. In the past journalists have gone undercover in order to unravel what is happening in certain industrial units.

In fact, such journalists work along with the police or other governing bodies working towards rescuing children working. The journalist visits such places with a hidden camera and then with such proof have the cops or others raid the unit.

Each individual must rest assured and have faith in the system that no harm would be done to them if they report about child labour, whether it is agricultural, domestic household help, industrial or bonded labour. As a matter of fact, as an informer one will be doing a great duty to a child and would be responsible for giving that child a comfortable life.

Yet, if one fears the system then they should ideally take a social worker into confidence and report about the child exploiter and leave it to this person to deal with the entire issue. Thus, beyond reporting such incidences, one need not get further involved. It is not true that one would be harassed if reporting any case of child labour. Instead they would be giving a child his/her childhood back to him/her.