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These poems written by students of Mucheke High School, Masvingo, Zimbabwe under the guidance of Mr. Lockias Chitanana send a message of hope and purpose in the fight against child labour.
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CHILD LABOUR

Oh, what a blessing,
On earth,
We have been given,
Wonderful and marvelous children.
Stop child labour

Let's give them respect,
Love, corncen, care
As well as peace on
Their today lives.
Let's stop child labour.

No body knows,
They may be teachers,
Doctors, and parents of tomorrow.
Lets have sympathy on them.
Stop child labour.

Their future is held on them
Let's us not abuse them
Let's give them time,
To read and play
Since they are children.
Stop child labour.

By Rumidzai Njerenje

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CHILD LABOUR

It pains
To see how the young generation
Is suffering.
Young children are being physically and verbally
Abused worldwide.

Every day there are reports
That so-and-so has been abused.
The helpless children are subjected to hours and hours
Of non-stop nagging and scolding from unruly adults.
All this sinks deep into the young souls' hearts.

Radios and the rest of the media
Are always reporting
That a child has been raped or something like that or worse
But instead of the cases decreasing, the reverse is true
The poor child still suffers.

Adults have to know this
That the child is just as important as they are, and that
Instead of abusing children, they must protect them.
Instead of destroying their lives, they must build them.
That way we will build a better world.

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CHILD LABOUR

Where from nobody knows.
Children are suffering.
Treated like pets.
Abused by their blood parents
Later evacuating their homes.
Leading to squatting, prostitution, theft
How can someone live in all these monstrous situations.

Billions and billions of reports are everyday brought forward.
Abused children are the reporters.
Not given food, not given accommodation are the major reports.
Parents are now turning Slave owners and children are the slaves.

Shall we turn back to the Slavery Period.
Turning back to such a period because of you child labour.
We will figure out a method to chess you away.

Child labour, Child labour,
Find somewhere to hide because you going to be dead by tomorrow.


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