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Child Labor in Gayaza (2009)

A child labor case from 2009 in Gayaza, Uganda.

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Documented on the original SlaveryMap (2008–2016). We don’t have a verifiable source on file yet. Know one?

What happened

No details available.

Response and intervention

Uganda Youth Development Link (UYDEL) provides counseling and trauma therapy for victims and gets them tested for HIV and other sexually transmitted infections. Those is need of health care are taken to treatment centers and are rehabilitated to good health. UYDEL also provides training in life-skills and vocational skills like hairdressing, tailoring, electronics, catering, welding, carpentry and plumbing. A team of trained local artisans mentors the youths into skills that will enable them to find employment and start their own businesses. Uganda Youth Development Link (UYDEL). - UG-UYD-20090527-00009 A 16 year old girl was promised by her aunt to be taken to school if she moved in with her after her mother had passed away. Instead, she was denied payment for being made to sell pancakes in schools and heavy domestic work. She was also physically abused. She found her way to Uganda Youth Development Link (UYDEL) for help.

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Rukai District, Uganda, 2009

Uganda UG

The child was used for 18 months in the shrine. Then her eye teeth were cut out of her jaw for use in ritual "magic", she was stuffed into a bag and discarded in the next province, the Masaka District. A woman saw the bag and detected movement. She found the child in terrible condition, covered in her own excrement. The child's neck showed signs of having been tied tightly with a rope over a long period of time. The woman cleaned the child up, took her to a hospital for treatment, and contacted the police.

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Child Labor2009

Masaka, Uganda, 2009

Uganda UG

A social worker brought the boy to Uganda Youth Development Link (UYDEL).

Needs a sourceArchive 2008–2016