PSHE KS3 & KS4/GCSE: Children at Work

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Two hundred million children around the world go to work every day.

Children at Work explores the lives of these children and their experiences.

Suitable for: KS3, GCSE/KS4 in England, Wales and Northern Ireland and National 3, National 4 and National 5 in Scotland.

Children at Work - Cocoa:

Child labour on cocoa plantations in Ghana (pt 1/3)
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Child labour on cocoa plantations in Ghana (pt 1/3)

Hazel Lindsey, a presenter from England, travels from the UK to Ghana in West Africa to investigate the child labourers at the bottom of the supply chain for the world’s favourite treat - chocolate.

Child labour on cocoa plantations in Ghana (pt 2/3)
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Child labour on cocoa plantations in Ghana (pt 2/3)

Hazel travels to the village of Akyem Ofoase. Here she meets 11-year-old Patrick who shows her how cocoa beans are dried once they have been harvested and how there are no machines in the village to deal with this process.

Child labour on cocoa plantations in Ghana (pt 3/3)
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Child labour on cocoa plantations in Ghana (pt 3/3)

In the capital Accra, presenter Hazel interviews Bright Appiah, director of Child Rights International, an organisation which campaigns against child labour.

Children at Work - Football:

Unofficial football academies in Ghana (pt 1/3)
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Unofficial football academies in Ghana (pt 1/3)

Ousmann Manneh, a 20-year old footballer from the Gambia now living in the UK, looks into the unofficial football academies in Ghana and the potential to exploit boys who dream of playing in the leagues of Europe.

Exploitation of African youths by football agents (pt 2/3)
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Exploitation of African youths by football agents (pt 2/3)

Footballer, Ousmann Manneh looks at the plight of African youths promised football trials. Ousmann interviews one youth who was abandoned on the streets of Paris by a Nigerian agent who took the money and ran.

Training provided by official football academies in Ghana (pt 3/3)
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Training provided by official football academies in Ghana (pt 3/3)

Ousmann Manneh, a 20-year old footballer visits an official football academy in Ghana.The official academy does not give false hope and mixes coaching with education.