Zambia: HIV and human trafficking
Zambia: Human Trafficking - Danger to Social , Economic Growth
AllAfrica.com - Washington,USA
ZAMBIA is among the countries in the sub-Sahara region faced with a twin problem of poverty and HIV/AIDS. The twin problem has really under-mined the the capacity of many families to accumulate or make adequate use of the little resources at their disposal and pursue viable livelihood strategies ... With the damage that poverty and HIV/AIDS has done to human life, stealthily, human trafficking is busy stripping off the social and economic development of the country. This is a time bomb ... The trafficking of human beings has brought in much misery in many homes and communities because it is robbing the new generation of knowledge and skills that are passed on from their parents to them. And many victims are youths who are in their productive ages. The most affected are orphans and vulnerable children who are taken to work as domestic workers. Many of these children whose parents have died from HIV/AIDS or related diseases lack parental care and guidance, cultural, social and family ties and life skills that are usually passed on from generation to generation. They are deprived of their childhood love and care and many of them lose the opportunity to go to school. They become victims of human trafficking because they tend to be attracted to big cities and towns, with the view of earning a living ...
AllAfrica.com - Washington,USA
ZAMBIA is among the countries in the sub-Sahara region faced with a twin problem of poverty and HIV/AIDS. The twin problem has really under-mined the the capacity of many families to accumulate or make adequate use of the little resources at their disposal and pursue viable livelihood strategies ... With the damage that poverty and HIV/AIDS has done to human life, stealthily, human trafficking is busy stripping off the social and economic development of the country. This is a time bomb ... The trafficking of human beings has brought in much misery in many homes and communities because it is robbing the new generation of knowledge and skills that are passed on from their parents to them. And many victims are youths who are in their productive ages. The most affected are orphans and vulnerable children who are taken to work as domestic workers. Many of these children whose parents have died from HIV/AIDS or related diseases lack parental care and guidance, cultural, social and family ties and life skills that are usually passed on from generation to generation. They are deprived of their childhood love and care and many of them lose the opportunity to go to school. They become victims of human trafficking because they tend to be attracted to big cities and towns, with the view of earning a living ...