Young Coffee Plantation Migrant - Stolen Childhoods (sitios de interés)
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Young Coffee Plantation Migrant
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Misarara Estate Coffee Plantation
Kiambu, Kenya
A young girl picks coffee rather than going to school. Families dependent on money generated by coffee are pulling their children, particularly girls, out of school. The economies of some of the poorest countries in the world are highly dependent on coffee and Kenya is no exception. Nearly 2 million Kenyan children work in the coffee and tea sectors. HIV-AIDS is also a contributing factor to child labor as more and more children become orphaned and are forced to work, often to support their younger siblings.