COFFEE PLANTATION - Stolen Childhoods (sitios de interés)
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CHILDREN PICKING COFFEE
© Robin Romano
The work of picking and sorting coffee is perfectly suited to the small hands of obedient young children. Beginning at dawn and working until nightfall, the children help their parents collect the green beans in order to augment the family's income. On some plantations, women and children make up 70% of the workforce. The plants are covered with pesticides and the children are exposed to cancer, respiratory infections, skin rashes as well as exhaustion, heat stroke and dehydration. When they work, which is whenever the coffee is ready to be picked, they naturally miss school.