Summary Of Child Labour By Craig Kielburger

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The main event that led Craig Kielburger to change the kid’s world was happen in 1995, when he was 12 years old. He read, in the Toronto Star newspaper, an article that is entitled “ Battled child labour, boy,12, murdered.”
In the book, we can know more about this event. “The story mentioned that a young Pakistani boy named Iqbal Masih who was forced into bonded labour in a carpet factory at the age of four, became an international figurehead for the fight against child labour by 12 years old, and was murdered in 1995.”

Since this day, Craig Kielburger really wants to improve the life condition of the children.

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