Child Labour In Bolivia

Located in the center of South America

South America’s Poorest country

Children are trying to lower the working age

10.5 million people in Bolivia

51% of the population are under the poverty line

Geography & Country info

72% of children between the ages of 5-14 are working in Bolivia.

Many work in mines

Bolivia has rich mines

Carving holes for explosives

Carrying materials

Making bricks

Long hours

Very low pay often $30-50 per month

72% of Children

The Bolivian leader (an ex child worker) wants to lower the working age

Children are unifying to legalize child labour in order to receive the same protection and rights as adults

Petitions are in order to let people under 14 work legally

There is a bill currently to ban child labour in Bolivia but many oppose it.

Enforcing labour laws in Bolivia would be catastrophic to those who rely on the income of a child working in the mines or shining shoes

They need the income

What’s being done