Kailash Satyarthi Talks Climate And Child Labour

Nobel Prize winner Kailash Satyarthi talks to Brut about the suprising reason children are now more vulnerable to child labour in India.

Transcript

00:00Terrible floods are coming, and the families, the poor families are losing everything.

00:06And their children are easiest prey for trafficking, child marriages, child labor.

00:31I have freed a girl who was sold and resold.

00:35And when we freed her, she told that how her home, small home, and the livelihood were washed away in a flood.

00:47And then she was forced to come to Delhi to work.

00:52One journalist asked her that, now what do you think of your parents?

00:57Should you be punished? Why did they send you here?

01:01Then she said, no, my parents are not guilty.

01:05I don't know who is guilty, but I know that this flood was guilty.

01:27Ask your shopkeeper before you shop, before you buy anything.

01:39That you need a guarantee that it is free from child labor, that product.

01:45And that will help in creating demand for a child labor free good.

01:57I am hoping that by next year it will go in 100 countries.

02:18That is not just one go event.

02:21It is the involvement of millions of young people for a safe, free, and educated childhood for every child.

02:29So the 100 million campaign is trying to address the entire problem of exploitation and abuse of children.

02:52Thousands of these young people are messengers, activists, and they themselves are freeing other children.

03:03They themselves are stopping slavery and trafficking from their villages.

03:08I would say the reason to be hopeful and enthusiastic.