Child Coffee Pickers - Stolen Childhoods (sitios de interés)
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Child Coffee Pickers
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Misarara Estate Coffee Plantation
Kiambu, Kenya
Unable to afford school fees, a young girl picks coffee along with her brother. The long hours and exposure to pesticides make her work extremely hazardous. Many children develop open sores and birth defects are a common sight. In Kenya, 30 per cent of the coffee pickers are under fifteen. Migrant laborers and seasonal workers who live in camps and have no clean water or medical facilities are among the most vulnerable participants in the coffee trade and their children more vulnerable still.