DESTITUTE MYANMAR FAMILIES PUT KIDS TO WORK TO SURVIVE – Ever Since the military coup that ended Myanmar the republic and replaced it with a military junta, the new regime has failed to consolidate power and secure the land. As a result, the people are now largely unable to make a living in an economic reality that offers no stability. Families are making hard decisions, including sending their small children off to get money working whatever jobs they can get, for however little the jobs pay.
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Myanmar’s desperate families are sending their children out to work – news.google.com
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When 17-year-old Ma Thawdar Lin’s* father lost his job at a shoe-making shop in October of last year, responsibility fell on her shoulders to support the family, which is drowning in debt. Her elder sister is disabled and her younger brother is only six years old, so it was up to Thawdar Lin to take a job at a garment factory in Yangon’s South Okkalapa Township, where she has been working for over nine months now.
“At work, I’m scolded and bullied by my supervisor every day. I must put up with it for my family. Even though I’m unhappy, I don’t dare complain to anyone because I’m afraid I’ll lose my job,” she told Frontier in November.
When she started in March, she was paid only K60,000 per month, although four months later her salary was up to K100,000…
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