Do u feel overworked n overloaded?

Poverty is the worse kind of violence.

Jainalworks in silver cooking pot factory. He is 11 years old. He has beenworking in this factory for three years. His work starts at 9 a.m. andends at 6 p.m. For his work he gets 700 taka (10 USD) for a month. Hisparents are so poor that they can not afford to send him to school.According to the factory owner, the parents do not care for theirchildren; they send their kids to work for money and allegedly don'tfeel sorry for these small kids. Dhaka 2008

A young laborer making metal components at a factory. Dhaka.Bangladesh

13-year-oldLiyakot Ali works in a silver cooking pot factory in Old Dhaka . Thechildren work 10 hour days in hazardous conditions, for a weekly wageof 200 taka (3 USD). Dhaka Bangladesh June 2008

A child on the side of the road attempts to sell roses to passing commuters in cars and buses. Dhaka .

7-year-oldJasmine collects rubbish from a steaming rubbish heap on a cold wintermorning. She earns money to support her family by scavenging for itemson the Kajla rubbish dump. It is one of three landfill sites in a cityof 12 million people. Around 5,000 tons of garbage are dumped here eachday and more than 1,000 people work among the rubbish, sorting throughthe waste and collecting items to sell to retailers for recycling.

Children at a brick factory in Fatullah. For each 1,000 bricks they carry, they earn the equivalent of 0.9 USD.

A young girl working in a brick crushing factory in Dhaka

Children at a brick factory in Fatullah. For each 1,000 bricks they carry, they earn the equivalent of 0.9 USD.

Handsof 8-year-old Munna while working in a rickshaw parts making factory.He works 10 hours a day and gets 8 USD for a month. Dhaka 2007.

Ten-year-old Shaifur working in a door lock factory in Old Dhaka Unlike his colleague, Shaifur works without a mask.

Eight-year-oldMunna works in a rickshaw factory. He earns about 500 taka (7 USD) amonth, working 10 hours a day. When the production often stops due tolack of electricity, he has time to play. Dhaka 2007

Childrenare compelled to work for long working hours with inadequate or no restperiod. Moreover, they are paid with minimum wages and enjoy no jobsecurity. Many people prefer to employ young boys to maximize servicesfor those minimum wages. Dhaka 2006.

Thirteen-year-oldIslam works in a silver cooking pot factory. He has been working at thefactory for the last two years, in hazardous conditions, where it iscommon practice for the factory owners to take on children as unpaidapprentices, only providing them with two meals a day.

17.5percent of children in the aged 5?5 are engaged in economicactivities. Many of these children are engaged in various hazardousoccupations in manufacturing factories. Dhaka 2006.

Eight-year-oldRazu works in a rickshaw factory. He earns about 500 taka (7 USD) amonth, working 10 hours a day. When the production often stops due tolack of electricity, he has time to play.

Text and pictures from Qin Qin