Dirty words for child labour
Wednesday, July 9th, 2008Saeed Saeed 9/7/08
Indian born Roghini Govindhan knows hardship. She was sold to a contractor at the age of 13 and, up until five years ago, she was working furious 11-hour days in a cramped damp room churning out match boxes. Now 24, Govindhan has taken her first trip abroad, sharing her painful experiences with audiences of Australian school students, as part of World Vision’s Don’t Trade Lives anti-slavery campaign. Govindhan acknowledges the rapid change in her fortunes has been dizzying.
