Return to Main Page
Essays from the Martin Luther King College for Young Women, Dakar
essays in French


Essai 1


Hello !
My name is Mame Coumba Mbodji I' m 14 years old.

I ' m a pupil in the 3th class at a body school cold << House of education, Mariama Ba of Goree Island >> in the region of Dakar.

I like this projet Child Labour because in my country they are many children working hard by day as soon as by night . People don' t talk openly about this problem .
Because of their parents ignorence or poverty, many children can' t go to school . Many children in my country are obliged to work to earn money to satisfaite treir needs but also to help their parents . In our villages really people don't work they send children and boys in the capital to look for a job and exploite them .
When children come in the capital they begin to smoke, to drink alcohol, to be prostitute.

I know that until now there is no solutions from the politics for child labour . In our country they are associations , no governmental ( ONG ) organisations and syndicat wich are fighting again child labour or any kind of exploitation of children . With my class guided by Mrs Salimata Sene we are trying to see a way to be in contact with those who want to help children . We will make up a serial of propositions for the solutions of Child labour
Thanks
By by

Essai2


Hello
My name is Marianne siva Diop , I' m 15 years old.

My address is Thiaroye Azur sepco house n° 53 Dakar Sengal. I'm in Martin Luther King College in the 3th class.

In my country children go to school in 7 years, but most of them leave school at 12 years because of the first examination to rich the college . Because of many problems many boys don' t succeed to this first natonal test.

As their parents are often poor they can not go on studing by now problems begin . Their parents because of no issues put children in places where they learn many kind of job.

Children in that case are exposed, they do not have protection .Girls work essentialy in houses as a helper . They cook and do severals job in the house for a little pay .
I hope we will get help for those boys . I propose in my class to save money to organise a conference for informations . We will see the responsable of organisations fighting against child labour and . A club fighting against child labour is creating in our school and we will invite many children to make them understand their situation and we will help them to solve some of their problem by meeting their parents.

Thanks
By

Essai3


hello
My name is Sokhna Khady Sow, I'm 15 years old , I'm a pupil in Martin Luther King College in Dakar Sénégal.

I think that old persons are guilty . Children work because of their parents or sometimes because of pauverty . Children work for old persons who exploite them like a thing we can use and throw after . Youghness is the best beautyfull thing in the world , the more important period of our life . I see that in our surrounding they are children who are (priveted ).

I think that to solve the problems of child labour we must organize meeting with persons concerned to make them understand the ( gravity) of their actions.

Thanks


Essai 4


Hi,

Me is Ngone Fall , I' m in the 3 th class in the college called Martin Luther King in Dakar - Senegal.

Today in all our continent the real problem is developement . How can we work for our continent developpement without aducating our children?

In Africa many children don' t go to school someone think that it is not very important to send girls to school , for the other one it is not necessary to paye much money for aducation.

If some children don't succeed at school because of pauverty or ignorance of his parents , there is no solutions for them . The main solution is to work , any form of work can be done.

My propositions to solve the problem of child labour are :
*To create center for children who are in this situation .
*To discuss with parents, responsables of ONG , association helping children and goverment .
*Give an opportunity to the children to express theirself and make contact beetwin them and other children through Internet or something else.

Thanks

Essai 5


Hello !
I'm Aissatou Marena Thiam, I'm in Martin Luther King College. At 9,Avenue du president Lamine Gueye.

Child Labour is a topic very intersting . I shall give you the exemple of girls from 10 to 18 working in the houses as a helper ( realy they do all the job in the house ) .
In our country 35 % of girls are working in houses , many of them don' t go to school, the others do 2 or 3 years at all .Their parents send them to look for a job . Those children will help their parents and solve their own problems . It is sad to see that their parent are participating in the destruction of their future.

In many case they are oppressed , beaten, subject of sexuel voilence by people who leave in the house . Those children are exploited as slave. They work every day from 7 to 21 hours and get their (salar ) after 6th of the next month.

Normaly girls can work at 18 years and must be payed for 5 000 f cfa ( 7,14 $) for an hour . In reality their salary isaround 10 000 ( 14,28 $ )and 30 000 ( 428, 57 $ ) per month.

Those children are not happy because of the sadness of their life they are always working , working and working hard.

Help for those children they are suffering and they can not get solutions by themself . People must sensibilise them and their parents who are the fist guilty of their situation .
Thanks
By


Essai 6


Hi
I'm Fatoumata Gueye, I' m 14 years old.

I'm a pupil in Martin Luther King college at the 3 th Class.

I' m so sorry not to be able to do anything for children in my country exploited by old persons . I hope with my class we will bring one part of the solutions of child labour in the whole world.

Children will built the future of every nation we have to help them and to give them protection.

Thanks

Essai 7


Hello
My name is Oumy Diop , I' m 14 years old.

My address is : Rue 15X 20 Medina Dakar Sengal.

In my country , many children are exploited because of pauverty . The parents of those children think that their children are helping them because they earn money . I think child labour is a very important topics now a day.

What will happen when they grown up ?
What will be their situation in 15 year ?
How will they found a family and aducate their own children ?
Most of children in our country don't go to shool , as a developing country what will happen to our country if most of children is oppressed ?

Here are many questions that make me afraid.
The most valuable thing we can do today in the world is to make people understand the situation of children and to fight hardly against child labour.

Thanks

Essai 8

THE VOICE OF CHILDREN


Let us listen the voices !
The voices we are hearing are from the areas .
It' s children' s voices .
Listen once again .
Oh yes , they are calling .
Help, help, ….help please .
Please listen to us .We are a part of your people .
We are sweltering with the people injustce .
Children somewhere in the world.
are sweltering with the hardness of exploitation .
Why can't we be considered as the other children .
We didn't mean any harm at all .
We want to go to school
We want to be real actor in the new millenium .
Don' t let us down please .

Salimata Sene


Return to Main Page