Salesian missionaries face this harsh reality every day and work so that these children and young people have the opportunity to be educated and trained to transform their lives.
Source: Misiones Salesianas
World Day against Child Slavery: 9 million children are in chains
April 16 is World Day against Child Slavery. The date was chosen in memory of the murder of the young Pakistani Iqbal Masih, killed at the age of 12 for having rebelled against his life of slavery.
Today in the world:
- 158 million children are forced to work, 73,000 in dangerous conditions;
- 1 million children work in mines or construction sites;
- 9 million are reduced to slavery.
