Schools are now pushing education about sweat shops, child labour and illegal labour as of late. The word most seem to be shying away from is Slavery. Slavery is illegal in every country on this planet. Having a minor working in a mine is considered slavery. In Guyana the law states a minor under the age of 15 cannot hold full-time jobs of any kind. But like many other laws, this one is ignored in most cases. It is being reported that the Women Miner's Association has recently descovered and rescued a little boy, looked to be about eight, working in a gold ming camp in the Caribbean country.
"What concerns us the most," Simona Broomes, president of the Women Miner's Association said to the Associated Press. "Is that he was talking and cursing like the other grown men in the camp and contributing to the conversation as though he is a grown man."
The little one is now in custody while they search for his mother who is presumed to be working in another mine.
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