United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) inotsanangura kushandiswa kwevana sebasa rinopfuura maawa mashoma, zvichienderana nezera remwana uye nerudzi rwebasa. Basa rakadaro rinonzi rinokuvadza kumwana uye naizvozvo rinofanira kubviswa. Pasara pasina zviverengero zviri pamutemo pahukuru hwekushandiswa kwevana muT&T. Zvakadaro, ongororo dzechimbichimbi dzakaitwa neInternational Labour Organisation, (ILO), muna 2002, dzakafumura zvinhu zvinotyisa.
Vana vakawanikwa vachibatikana, mune izvo ILO inoona senzira dzakaipisisa dzekushandiswa kwevana - kurima, kushambadzira, mabasa epamba uye kuita zvepabonde zvekutengesa. Pamusoro pazvo, vana vashandi vese, kunze kweavo vaiita zvekutengesa pabonde, vaishanda maawa akawanda zuva nezuva, vachiwana mihoro mishoma.
Ongororo yeMultiple Indicator Cluster Survey yeT&T, yakaitwa neUNICEF muna 2000, yakaratidza kuti inofungidzirwa kuti 4.1 muzana yevana muTrinidad vaiita basa rekushandisa vana. UNICEF yakaratidzawo kuti vana 158 miriyoni (5-14) vari kuita zvechibharo pasi rose. Vana ava vari kwose kwose, asi vanoramba vasingaoneki.
Kutsvairwa pasi pegudo
Vanamazvikokota vanopa zano rokuti vana vanogara mudzimba dzine urombo zvikuru uye kumaruwa ndivo vangangopinda mumabasa echibharo. Delisa Lewis, Financial Development and Communications Officer, YMCA, anobvumirana nazvo. Ongororo yakaitwa neYMCA, pamwe chete neongororo yeILO ya2002, yakaburitsa chokwadi chinotyisa. Chidzidzo ichi chakanangana nenzvimbo yeBeetham neSealots.
“Takaona kuti vana vemunzvimbo idzi, vanorarama nehurombo uye mhuri dzine mhuri imwe chete vaimanikidzwa kushanda nekuda kwekudhura kwekurarama. Vanoshanda panorasirwa marara uye vanotengesa miviri yavo kuti vawane mari.” Lewis anoti YMCA yakatora nzira yekukurumidza, kunyoresa vana vakati wandei, pakati pemakore matatu-14, paAll-In-One Center-nzvimbo yekudzidzisa inogadzirisa munharaunda.
Anoti vakuru vakuru vanofanira kuita zvakawanda kugadzirisa dambudziko iri. “Tinoda nzira dzakakwana dzekuongorora muzvikoro kuitira kuti varairidzi vazive kana mwana asipo. Hurumende inoda kuita zvakawanda. Vanhu vanoona vana munzira uye hapana zvavanoita. Iyi haisi kodzero yemwana. Vana vanofanira kuva nekodzero yekunakidzwa, yekudzidza, yekutamba nekuongorora.”
Hapana anebasa nazvo
Judy Wilson, Chief Executive Officer weRainbow Rescue anotsinhira manzwiro akafanana. Vanoti vakuru vehurumende vanoita sevari kungovhara maziso uye kusanzwa nenzeve padambudziko iri. “Nehurombo, mari yaizokosha kupfuura dzidzo. Apa ndipo panopinda vakuru,” vanodaro. “Kana tiri kuvaona, vatungamiri vari kuvaona. Zvinoita sekunge munhu wese akanda mapfumo pasi pamusoro pevana vedu. Pane ane hanya here?"
Minister of Labor: Tiri kuedza
Gurukota rezvevashandi Rennie Dumas vanobvuma kuti kushandiswa kwevana muT&T chikonzero chekunetsekana. Ongororo yakaitwa makore matatu apfuura inosimbisa maonero aya. VaDumas vanoti bazi ravo riri kuramba richidyidzana nebazi rinoona nezvekugara zvakanaka kwevanhu pamwe nemasangano akazvimirira akasiyana mukupedza kushungurudzwa kwevana. “Takawana vanenge vana 35 vachigara mumigwagwa uye takawana dzimba kweinenge hafu yavo.
Avo vataisawana vachengeti vavo vakaiswa mudzimba dzevana. Chokwadi ndechekuti, vamwe vacho vakazviona vadzokera mumigwagwa. ”
VaDumas vanoti panyaya dzebasa rehudzvanyiriri, rimwe basa rinofanirwa kuwira kuvabereki. “Vabereki vanofanira kukurudzira nguva yakawanda muchikoro. Zvechokwadi hazvina kukodzera kuti vana vashande mumamiriro ezvinhu asina kunaka uye asina kuchengeteka.”
Urombo: Chinhu Chikuru
Nguva dzakaoma, uye nezvitarisiko zvayo—zvichiwedzera kuoma. Vamwe vabereki vanoti vanomanikidzwa kukurumidza kuendesa vana kuchikoro nekuda kwekudhura kuri kuita zvinhu. Susan, ane makore 35, (kwete zita chairo), mumwe wevabereki vakadaro. Anowana chouviri nekutengesa tudyo nemajusi muPort-of-Spain. Vana vake, mazera, 12 ne14 dzimwe nguva vanomuperekedza—kunyange pamazuva echikoro.
“Handikwanise kuvaendesa kuchikoro mazuva ese, saka mamwe mazuva vanondibatsira kunze uko,” anodaro, achinongedzera chingoro chidiki chaiva padivi pemugwagwa. “Ndiri single parent. Uniform nemabhuku zvinodhura. Vanhu havafanire kutonga. Hupenyu hwakaoma.” Susan haasi oga. Kune akawanda evamwe amai vane mamiriro akafanana muT&T. Mubvunzo ndewokuti, tiri kuitei nezvazvo?
