Wednesday, October 8, 2008

Diary Of A Child Farm Worker

Save the Girl Child-00124 by Social Geographic

my name is gabriela and I pick berries all day.I start at sunrise and end at midnight. The basket is little so I can only carrie 20 berries at a time.  the farmers pay me $1 or $2 a day. they only feed me 2 berries. my back hurts and my knees too. I can not stop. If I do they whip me. I am starving and they don`t care. I stand in the cold and hot all day with only the hard work to help me. I never get enough sleep to work. only 4 hours of sleep.I wish some one could help. I don`t think this is fair all this work,for so little money.If my family earned more money I would go to school and have an education.