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Featured here are images by Reuters photographer Oswaldo Rivas of child gold miners working in Nicaraguan mines. While more than 300,000 children between five and 17 work at underpaid jobs instead of going to school, the Nicaraguan government is working to pass a law to eradicate the ten most dangerous jobs that exploit children.
Fourteen-year-old Juan Laguna chisels
rocks looking for gold inside La India
gold mine, 113 miles north of Managua,
November 15, 2004. While more than 300,
000 children between five and 17 work at
underpaid jobs instead of going to
school, the Nicaraguan government is
working to pass a law to eradicate the
ten most dangerous jobs that exploit
children. REUTERS/Oswaldo
Rivas
REF: PXP09D
Nicaraguan boys look for gold inside the
La India mine, 113 miles north of
Managua, November 15, 2004. While more
than 300,000 children between the ages
of five and 17 work at underpaid jobs
instead of going to school, the
Nicaraguan government is working to pass
a law to eradicate the ten most
dangerous jobs that exploit children.
REUTERS/Oswaldo
Rivas
REF: MGA02
A child rests during hard work among
candles inside La India gold mine, 113
miles north of Managua, November 15,
2004. While more than 300,000 children
between five and 17 work at underpaid
jobs instead of going to school, the
Nicaraguan government is working to pass
a law to eradicate the ten most
dangerous jobs that exploit children.
REUTERS/Oswaldo
Rivas
REF: PXP01D
A Nicaraguan child inspects a half split
rock outside La India mine 113 miles
north of Managua, Nicaragua November 15,
2004. While more than 300,000 children
between the ages of five and 17 work at
underpaid jobs instead of going to
school, the Nicaraguan government is
working to pass a law to eradicate the
ten most dangerous jobs that exploit
children. Picture taken November 15,
2004. REUTERS/Oswaldo
Rivas
REF: MGA05D
Twelve-year-old Junior Calderon walks
toward the entrance of the La India gold
mine as leaves to fetch water for his
fellow workers, 113 miles north of
Managua, November 15, 2004. While more
than 300,000 children between five and
17 work at underpaid jobs instead of
going to school, the Nicaraguan
government is working to pass a law to
eradicate the ten most dangerous jobs
that exploit children. REUTERS/Oswaldo
Rivas
REF: PXP07D
Eleven-year-old Carlos Alberto Flete
looks back out of the entrance to the La
India gold mine as he enters to go to
work, 113 miles north of Managua,
November 15, 2004. While more than 300,
000 children between five and 17 work at
underpaid jobs instead of going to
school, the Nicaraguan government is
working to pass a law to eradicate the
ten most dangerous jobs that exploit
children. REUTERS/Oswaldo
Rivas
REF: PXP11D
Carlos Arteta (14) climbs out from the
gold mine with his friend Juan de la
Cruz Laguna (12) after extracting gold
at La India gold mine, 113 miles north
of Managua, November 15, 2004. While
more than 300,000 children between five
and 17 work at underpaid jobs instead of
going to school, the Nicaraguan
government is working to pass a law to
eradicate the ten most dangerous jobs
that exploit children. REUTERS/Oswaldo
Rivas
REF: PXP02D
A Nicaraguan child holds a gold nugget
from La India gold mine, 113 miles north
of Managua, November 15, 2004. While
more than 300,000 children between five
and 17 work at underpaid jobs instead of
going to school, the Nicaraguan
government is working to pass a law to
eradicate the ten most dangerous jobs
that exploit children. REUTERS/Oswaldo
Rivas
REF: PXP04D
