Child labour rises on poverty in Jordan - 19 July 09

  • 12 years ago
Increasing unemployment and poverty in Jordan has forced many children, some as young as 12, to take up jobs under tough physical conditions.

A government-funded center is trying to keep the child labourers off the streets by providing them education rehabilitation and psycho-social support.

Al Jazeera's Nisreen El-Shamayleh reports.