This labor helps their economy survive. Families need the money produced by the child in order to fulfill their monetary needs. It is estimated that 255 million children from the ages of 7-18 work an exceeding amount of their day for insignificant amounts of money. Over 145 million of those children live in Asia, where Vietnam and Cambodia lead the area with high cases of child prostitution. In Africa an estimated 90 million children work illegally and in Latin America over 20 million are forced into hazardous conditions in order to gain money for their families.
Accidents often occur which result in a cut-off leg, a broken arm, or even death.
In other situations children are exposed to massive amounts of radiation to the extent that it alters there learning ability forever. Sadly, the problem exists in every country. This topic must be addressed from a world perspective. Delegates must focus on solving the world issue instead of concentrating on an individual nation. Furthermore, the cooperation of the international community is crucial and is the first step in a set of many to try to solve this problem.