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Ubuntu PhotoNews: Child Labor In Zimbabwe Amid Pandemic

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Illegal gold miners at work along a riverbed in Zimbabwe — Chemicals such as cyanide and mercury used to separate ore and gold put the lives of child minors at risk. Credit: CNRG
Zimbabwean children engage in mining activities to earn a living despite the risk the job is.

Children who are engaged in mining activities in illegal mining areas in Zimbabwe — Zimbabwe has a long history of child labor with most children venturing into mining sector to earn extra incomes. Credit: Zela
There has been a rise in the number of child miners in illegal mining areas in Zimbabwe during lockdown after family incomes were eroded

Children at an illegal mining area in Zimbabwe — Child rights defenders have recorded an increase in the number of child miners in Zimbabwe during lockdown. Credit: Zela
Some parents are allowing their children to venture into mining activities out of desperation as economic woes continue in the country

The environmental damage left by illegal miners along river beds in Zimbabwe — Illegal miners often leave a trail of environmental destruction in forms of gullies and open pits putting the lives of other miners at risk. Credit: CNRG
In some illegal mining areas in Zimbabwe cases of children falling in open pits left by other miners have been recorded

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