The children are our future. And yet, we find ourselves in a society where children roam the streets and do manual labor.We find them with no families and with other poverty-stricken children as their companions. Children are meant to be nurtured and loved but we see them with a stack of newspapers on one hand and packs of cigarettes on the other.

Article 32 of Rights of a Human Child RA7658 (Prohibition of Employment of Children) should be more properly implemented in our country. To stop this injustice dealt out to our children, existing laws should be followed with strict implementation and dedicated commitment. Let us not allow the future of these children, the future of our country to wither and die away. Our country, our society, each person can do something . Our help might not end child-labor today, but it could start, with God’s grace, a healing force which will renew our ailing society tomorrow.

Let us not pretend that this rampant disease to our country will cure itself. By closing our eyes, child labor won’t just disappear. Our action and attention is required. The problem of Child Labor is in our hands. Let’s unite and work together in eliminating this plague.

"As An anonymous old man said: "I don’t have the answers, Life is not easy but my heart is in the right place. So everyday light your small candle. It just might be the one that sparks the movement to save our children’s and nation’s future."

Marian Wright Edelman