On the Job

In India millions of children work, even at very young ages. In an era when North American children rarely seem to do ‘chores’ to earn allowance or jobs from a young age, it’s sometimes startling to see children involved in farm or textile labour. In many countries children are significant parts of the workforce. It was very common to see kids helping out in agricultural contexts in India. In Indian farming families everyone has to do something. This little girl was with two younger siblings bringing light loads of millet to the town and asked for a picture.