Il gioiello rubato

Quando entriamo in un negozio e vediamo un oggetto che ci piace, prima ancora di conoscerne il prezzo dovremmo preoccuparci di un'altra fondamentale domanda: da dove arriva e, soprattutto, qualcuno è stato sfruttato per realizzarlo? Il rischio, infatti, è di indossare un gioiello sudicio del sudore di un'infanzia scippata. La storia qui sotto, in inglese, racconta di Ravi, un bimbo indiano di sette anni trovato a lavorare 98 ore alla settimana per incastonare perline nei bracciali venduti da catene di negozi britannici. Restiamo sbalorditi e nauseati al pensiero che per un pugno di sterline vi siano adulti pronti a uccidere l'infanzia e l'innocenza dei bambini.
L'articolo, che riprende una storia pubblicata dal Times, è presa in prestato dal Sun...

A BOY of seven has been found working 98 hours a week in a sweatshop making cheap Christmas goods for the high street.

He was earning just SEVEN PENCE an hour and doing a 14-hour day, from 9am to 11pm seven days a week in a slum in Indian capital Delhi.

The lad, called Ravi, looked pockmarked and exhausted as he glued glitter on to gold napkin rings to be sold in Poundland.

An undercover reporter filmed him working with seven other youngsters at the sweatshop making glittery trinkets for Indian exporter Trishulin Overseas, which supplies the discount store.

Poundland has launched a probe. A spokesman said: "Poundland does not tolerate child labour and will not work with companies that employ children.

"If Trishulin Overseas is found to have breached our moral and ethical standards Poundland will review its relationship with the company and its products won't be sold in any Poundland store."

Reporter Nicola Smith, who was tipped off by a children's charity, said the kids also slept at the factory. She said: "Ravi was by far the smallest and his pale face bore marks that indicated this was not a healthy child."

Trishulin Overseas said it did not know kids were making its goods and promised to end its relationship with the manufacturer. Around 50,000 kids are said to work illegally in Delhi.



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