Korea KBS produce a special show the title is ‘hope on road’.
Africa is a place which big gap between rich and poor. One hand is a fast development morden city, the other hand is poor and full of tears like Ghana.
This story happened in Ghana , Ghana is located in western of Africa. The poor is take 30 percent of the country population.
Episode 1 be trapped in a cage which poor and starving.
International labor orgnazation,we called ILO. Is claim to forbid to under 15 years old children to work. But in this area this law is hard to achieve. There are 140 million child join in adults on the construction site. It is said that this poor village was cursed. We can see a large pile of electronic rubbish which included TV,motorcycle ,mobile phone and old tires. These is created by morden city thrown away. These rubbish become treasure for children to alive. U-know met 8 years old boy Rashid and his bro Kapu Lu here.Rashid told that they are work whole day picked up less than 1KG copper. The value of these copper is 2 Cedi. Is 5.7 RMB. He also said that two years ago their parents told them to buy some clothes and some new toys, and then they haven't seen their parents any more. Their hope is to go to school like other child. Kapu Lu even hope become a soldier when he grow up. He also think only learn more in school it is become a good soldier. However their today’s hope is not hungry. The other boy name Rayn, he told U-Know he wants to earn more money and go back to his hometown live with his parents and take care of his bro and sisters ,hope to go to school. Works in here is very dangerous, burnt down the electronic products is easy to get copper. The poison smoke threatened the surrounding child day by day. Rayn said that Sometimes he can be hurt by piece of electronic products was burnt lead to bomb.sometimes he suffered chest pain because breath in poison smoke. whole conversationn Rayn is smile and full of tears in his eyes. U-know hug the Rayn don’t know how to comfort him. It is a moving spectacle.
Actually many country in the name of the donate sent to Ghana electronic products, but most of these products are useless. Finally become electronic rubbish.