It is used for paving generally. The entire King St Wharf entertainment complex at Darling Harbour in Sydney and also two quadrangles at Homebush use Kota stone. Not one single Australian importer of the stone can guarantee that no child labour was used as the industry over in India is shrouded with secrecy and operates on a cash-only basis. Child labour is illegal in India (where kota stone comes from) but no one ever goes to check that there are no children working there, or they are hidden from sight.
that's just awful. I had no idea.
Lots of the rugs from Pakistan and India are made by children. If you want to buy a rug I think it's probably better to get an antique (despite the concern with developing nations selling off thier cultural history and heirlooms) or a machine made one. The ILs gave us a rug for our wedding present - it's beautiful but I don't like it because I always feel anxious about where it came from and who made it.
I seriously cant get over that! IM in shock...how can people use kids for their own devises...Its one thing to get your kids to do a few chores...but to actually make them work for next to nothing and in those sort of conditions.
Im pretty disgusted and it makes the little things we all see differently on, here on BB petty in comparison
I know Maz. Some of the families have no choice - they actually travel to this place and they all live on site as well, there are no schools, no hospitals no facilities of any sort. One little boy who they thought was only about 5 said that soon his younger brothers would be working there too
That jsut makes me realise how dame lucky we are, even though we have a drought going and the 'financial crisis' shiat its nothing.....we can atleast go to centerlink and get financial help...
Im sitting here looking at my boys and I could cry for those kids....
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that's just awful. I had no idea.
and it makes the little things we all see differently on, here on BB petty in comparison
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