The images below require no introduction nor explanation. They do require that we ensure that within our lifetime we are able to look upon these images as we do when we gaze upon the work of Lewis Hine and Jacob Riis.
We must ensure that this lived experience no longer attaches to any young and innocent life in Bangladesh. This is hard work; this might be an inter-generational policy commitment because economic development is sticky. Nevertheless social development and human development requires that we build up the country’s capabilities such that child labor becomes an outdated and unnecessary practice. After all, what is a country and its people, but the dreams and hopes of its children.