Behind the glitter of Kuta as an international tourist city, but still leaves the poor side of life experienced by children who are often exploited on the streets since early morning till late afternoon. Two girl from Karangasem regency afternoon giggling like age children generally but deftly carrying a basket lift as the source of the rice pot over the head, in order to offer services to people lifting goods shop in Pasar Badung. Over half days are spent in the market to obtain dollars coffers regardless of future health and future.
In Pasar Badung and Kumbasari Market, which is located in Gajah Mada street, Denpasar, there is usually a typical profession cultivated Balinese women, commonly called Junior SUUN or artisan tote or lift items. Armed with a huge basket, which is placed on his head, they were able to lift heavy loads up to 30 pounds in exchange for the cost of Rp 5 to 10 thousand.
It's just a regular profession was involved adult women, it was not a little snot-nosed boys acted under the age of 12. Their day-to-day spending time in the market hoping someone would hire labor. As the two girls Ketut Dewi (6), and Ketut Syntia (7) who often hung in Pasar Badung.
"Ma'am, sir, Om, suun suun," is the utterance of the familiar suun artisans.
If you look at the people who shop there, so he will loyally follow while offering goods lift.Usually mothers are spending pretty much take advantage of their services. One by one item included in the shopping basket above dijinjing suun foreman, and then delivered to points of interest such as vehicle parking area residents who request their services.
On the sidelines waiting for people who will ask for his services, the Goddess with a cheerful face started innocently narrate their daily activities in a market that did not stop it. "I woke up at 6 am on to the market, go home at 8 pm," I work as hard as Goddess since the age of five.
Goddess with her mother who also works in the same boarding house live around Terminal Ubung go to work walking distance to the market within approximately 2 Km. "Sometimes there is love two thousand, Rp 5 thousand. Sorry if anyone was given Rp10 thousand," he said bluntly. In a day Goddess can earn up to Rp30 thousand, but all the results of his labors were given to the mother.
Despite working hard enough, but the goddess still enjoyed it though sometimes want to go to school like other children his age. "I do not love my school, he said there is no charge," he said. Practical everyday Dewi time spent in market despite having to wrestle hot, cold, even he never wore sandals as footwear aka barefoot.
Goddess claimed never off work, unless he was sick, then he too only people living in boarding houses Tunya. "When it hurts so mom bought drugs in the shop," he explained. Goddess still has two younger siblings while her father chose to live in his house in the village of Kubu district Tianyar, Karanasem, Bali.
It delivered Syntia somewhat different, because he said he did not want a school like temamnya friends. "I wanted to like this so builders suun wrote," he admits plain. Two of the boy is a portrait of poverty in Bali where both parents tend to exploit energy to grunt work and heavy.On the other hand, the Indonesian Child Protection Commission (KPAI) Bali has even presented the results of his research on sprawl and child labor become a suun (transport workers) at Pasar Badung during late 2009.
At least there are 300 artisans suun and squashed children operating in Badung Market. Only 31 children aged 7-18 years were successfully interviewed in-depth. Hundreds of children are working in three shifts for 24 hours. "As many as 95 percent never attended school, the rest had grade 1-2 elementary school," said Dr. Sri Wahyuni, Chairman KPAID Bali told reporters in a chance.
They stayed with relatives or friends in the boarding house around Denpasar as in Jalan Gunung Agung and Ubung, but the condition is pathetic. "They rent a small room containing 3-5 people, mingled among children and adults," said Sri Wahyuni. The government can not reach them because of all working children and their parents unable to access these free health program, the Health Network Bali Mandara (JKBM) because there have ID cards and family.
Hopefully this article can open the eyes of the heart kit, how beuntungnya us who still have a childhood that can be said happily. Compare this with the kids who have worked hard over to spend time with a living hope kecinya mercy of others. Hopefully we can take lessons from a piece of the story above. There are still many children who have to earn a living by work performed by adults.
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