Texto base: Aly Diabate was eleven years old and living in Mali when a businessman persuaded him to work on a cocoa farm in the Cote D’Ivoire (Ivory Coast). The man said he would receive a bicycle for working there. He worked 12 hours a day and was so small that he had trouble carrying the bags of cocoa. Whenever he fell down, the owner of the farm, nicknamed “Big Man,” beat him with branches or, in a sick case of irony, a bicycle chain. He was forced to sleep in a small room with 18 other boys, and once nightfall came, nobody could leave the room. Aly Diabate was eventually freed, paid, and returned to Mali when officials arrested the Big Man. He never received a bicycle. Sadly, child labor is currently something hard to avoid despite many laws in countries around the world prohibiting it. Children are forced into labor because of factors in their lives such as poverty, lack of education, and poor enforcement of the child labor laws. Even if some of the laws are rigorously enforced, they may contain loopholes that overlook child labor in a certain area, such as domestic or agricultural child labor. For example, in both Kenya and Bangladesh, child labor laws do not apply to domestic or agricultural jobs. One of the biggest problems with child labor is that the kids involved end up having a hindered mental, physical, emotional and spiritual development. Disponível em: <https://laborawareness.wordpress.com/child-labor-today/>. Adaptado. Vocabulary
Loophole – a means of escape or evasion; an opportunity of escaping from a rule, law, etc.
Hindered – having slow or difficult progress.
Enunciado:
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Aly Diabate was promised a bike for his work, but…