Child Abuse

1 cents an hour in Honduras, 24 cents in
             Nicaragua, and a whopping 56 cents in El Salvador. In Sri Lanka they
             are given 18 cents an hour and in China and Vietnam they reportedly
             receive 11 cents an hour for their hard work. This may indeed seem like
             a very small amount, but it is more than what domestic workers are
             usually paid. These invisible millions have money constantly taken away
             from them to pay for their shelter, food and clothing. It is very hard
             to recognize why as they sleep under the kitchen table in some instances
             and their nourishment only consists of whatever falls off that table.
             They are denied sleep as they are on call 24 hours a day and are also
             sometimes expected (especially if it is a female worker) to provide
             sexual favors for the master of the house. As a direct result of this
             the girl is beaten by the wife, as she is taking over her role in the
             family structure. What is incredibly horrific is that in most cases
             people refuse to admit that their worker is a slave. They claim that
             they did him or her a favor as they brought them from their poor vill
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