Posts Tagged ‘child labor’
Monday Movie : La Cosecha/The Harvest
6:48 am By Maegan La Mala · children|Labor|Movies|youth · Comments Off
15 Aug 2011What did you eat this weekend? Onions, tomatoes, strawberries, watermelons, blueberries, cucumbers, or apples? If you said yes to any of the above it is possible that your food passed through the hands of one of the three teenagers featured in the documentary la Cosecha/The Harvest.
The Harvest/La Cosecha – Theatrical Trailer from Shine Global on Vimeo.
The film follows the lives of Zulema, Victor, y Perla as they follow their families as three of the 400,000 who pick the food that passes over our tables. The teens, are described as American children – as in from the United States, but one shouldn’t gloss over the fact that they are Latin American children as well. The children of immigrants or immigrants themselves. They speak the languages of Latinos – our languages : Spanish, English, and Spanglish.
“My dad no esta” – says 14 year old Zulema.
“Vamos al field,” says 16 year old Victor.
And they In the words of 14 year old Perla:
Because you are brown they think you’re from Mexico. They think your stupid, poor, a migrant. I was born here. Where am I supposed to go?
Shakira meets Bachelet to discuss child labor
1:27 pm By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · Activism|Celebrities|children|Chile|Latin America · Comments Off
1 Dec 2006
Shakira was in Santiago de Chile last week to meet with President Michelle Bachelet to discuss child labor in her country as well as in the rest of Latin America. Shakira has made this issue her own in her role as ambassador for UNICEF, as well as being a UN children’s ambassador and the head of Pies Descalzos, her own non-profit organization:
Shakira, who was in Chile to do two concerts, was received by Bachelet in the governmental palace, La Moneda, where the two talked about the protection that all children need.Long before the singer arrived at the palace, outside 300 people congregated and didn’t seem to mind the harsh sun or the temperature which was way above 30 degrees Celcius (86 degrees Fahrenheit).
After meeting with President Bachelet for about half an hour, Shakira made a plea to Chilean parents:
I ask that all Chilean parents send their children to school, that they protect them from vulnerable situations, from child labor and that we all start thinking more about children.”
Via / TheDay.com
Image via Santiago Times
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