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Afghan Children complain on poverty, unemployment
Sunday, 12 February 2012 14:34
A number of children in Kabul city gathered to demonstrate due to daily increase of poverty and joblessness in Kabul other provinces of the country, Shuib says one of the demonstrator who works as car washer.
Shuib told to Bokhdi News Agency, that his father is working as small entrepreneur in local Bazar and his income is not adequate for their family expenses
Shuid said, I have to work and support my family beside my father.
Surveys show that Afghanistan is in the line of those countries which most of the children have to work.
He said that we don’t have fair shelter to live in as well as during the winter season
Hamid another child who was looking to (BNA) reporter poorly and said, all day which I work cannot earn even 30 Afghanis, and by evening I and my sister who work go to our house by walk up to Qamber Square as our home located there.
Recent researches and surveys show that most of Afghan children hove to work in order to support their families.
And due to these problems hundreds of these children are deprived of their prior rights (going to school)
As millions of Dollars have been donated by International community and spent in Afghanistan but still there is not any tangible positive changes in the lives of Afghans as well in the lives of children.
Government strives on job employment
Officials in the ministry of works and civil affairs say that they will work on job employment for unemployed or jobless.
Three decades of war in Afghanistan faced us with a huge challenge of job employment said spokesman of the this ministry Ali Eftekhari to (BAN)
He added, as all of our infrastructures are destroyed during three decades of war, it caused that poverty, corruption, turning of people to dedication, and as well abduction of Afghan children to outside the country.
Eftekhari says, Official in the ministry of works and civil affairs by providing job employment outside of the country wants to put an end to the issue of unemployment and poverty.
He added that official in this ministry by creating job opportunity for unemployed will put an end to the issue of joblessness..
Eftekhari informed from opening of center of job employment named "Jaca" it purpose to enhance job employment in the country.
The spokesman said, for job employment in Qatar country more than 5000 people are registered and it is in due, to be sent some of them
He emphasized that with this step the economic condition of these families will be improved and we can prevent from the children to do not work anymore, and Eftekhari said that the children should live in a secure and overall fair place and householder to be far from any economic concern.
Poverty, unemployment and lack of shelter are the real challenges in a head of Afghan government during the recent decade.
Mohammad Ilyas Yourish – Kabul
Bokhdi News Agency
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