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Child Labour

Bangladesh is among the most populous countries in the world with more than 1,100 people packed into every square kilometre. Nearly one-third of the 160 million population is living below the national poverty line, according to World Bank’s data in 2010. More than two million people in the capital city of Dhaka either live in slums or are without any proper shelter. The unsolved poverty problem forcing millions of children do not have access to the education, the parents will ultimately put their children to work in believe that which could help to survive their present. This is an image of a child labour in the midst of waiting the customer in chicken stall just along the railway track.

Photo Detail
Date Taken: 01.2019
Date Uploaded: 11.2021
Photo Location: Dhaka, Bangladesh
Camera: NIKON D750
Copyright: © Lam Soon Tak