Child+Labor+Group+D

You are going to share the facts you learned in your article with your group. You should write facts that you think will be helpful for others to include in their two-voice poems. In addition, you may ask questions or comment about the facts other people have written. Remember to write in YOUR CODE NAME only. Also, be sure to state what article you read (Diamonds, China, Chocolate, or Foul Ball)

//THIS IS SCHMORLANDO. MRS. MYERS ASKED ME TO READ OVER YOUR NOTES. YOU'VE PROVIDED A LOT OF FACTS. Diamond, will you provide more facts for your group, please? OTHERWISE, KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK.//

I read diamonds and these are the facts I've learned: I read the China articles and these are the facts i learned:
 * Youths are subjected to long hours with litttle pay and health risk
 * Even though diamonds though diamonds are a way jto show love and dedication child slaces are treated unfairly when making them
 * When working, the vhildren are exposed to diesease such as malaria, dystenary, and van suffer from eye strain, headaches, mal nutrition and respiratory problems

I am ussafford.
 * 61% of the 250 million child laborers come from Asia
 * They work 10-14 hours a day with half the income of adults
 * Work to make garments,toys, textiles, and fireworks
 * Work usually about 7:00 am to 10:00 pm with two one hour breaks
 * Happening more around Hong Kong
 * Happening because of school drop out rate
 * Children toymakers earn about 30 cents an hour

I read the article //Foul Ball// and these are the facts I learned: -four million out of 20 soccer balls produced in Pakistan are made by children (more than 80% of soccer balls in U.S. come from pakistan) -the children live in harsh conditions -children as young as four are working -very little pay -this is happening in Pakistan -punished harshly if they break any rules -they are punished if they fall asleep, if their working area is sloppy, if they waste material or mess up on a pattern, and if they mistreat their parents or talk to people outside of factory. -are permitted one 30 min. meal break per day (also punished if they take longer than 30 min.)

I, umssafa, read the chocolate article and these are some facts-
 * child slave labors in cocoa feildsoff the Ivory Coast in Aferica
 * 43% of cocoa in chocolate comes from the Ivory Coast
 * most work in the feilds were done by children from 9 to 16 years old
 * estimated 15,000 children working as cocoa slaves
 * the children were either sold by their very own families or tricked into slavery
 * don't get paid a single penny for their work and not fed properly
 * start work at six in the morning until six thirty at night
 * exposed to intense heat and dangerous pesticides
 * beaten if they don't work hard enough or try to escape