Central Asia's Working Kids

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Although the number of children aged 5-17 engaged in labor is falling, the figure is still well over 200 million. Each year, 22,000 children are killed at work, while 6 million are injured, and 2.5 million are disabled.
 
A boy from Kyrgyzstan at the central market in neighboring Kazakhstan\'s second city, Almaty, where he says he earns 200 tenges (about $1.20) for every container of goods he moves (RFE/RL) Many children are employed at Almaty\'s central market to sort and carry goods (RFE/RL) A 15-year-old works at a body shop in Almaty, making repairs to damaged cars (RFE/RL) Another 15-year-old fixes a dent in a car in Almaty (RFE/RL) A youth transports a load of vegetables at a market in the Tajik capital, Dushanbe (RFE/RL) A girl sweeps sidewalks in Kyrgyzstan (RFE/RL) The hours are long and the work arduous carting goods around this Kyrgyz market (RFE/RL) Young shoe cleaners in the streets of the Afghan capital, Kabul (RFE/RL) A young street vendor in Kabul (RFE/RL)
 

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