Title – Shoe Shine Boys
Date – September 2006
Location - Quito - Ecuador
In many developing countries children are forced to work to help supplement the income of the family. Travellers and tourists have different opinions of how to deal with these kids. Does using their services and giving them a few pennies perpetuate the problems of children having to work or does it help the child and his family to eat?
Certainly the situation varies from child to child and from country to country; take a little time to talk to them and find out if they go to school or where they live and you should get all the information you need to make a judgement for yourself.
Beyond The Blue run workshops to help individuals make choices for themselves about where they are going to travel and what they will do when there. Our Gap Year and Independent Travel Safety & Awareness workshop helps individuals to understand what they need to plan in advance and what information they can hope to get when they arrive. Our primary goal is to help people make the correct decisions, when they are far away from home.
Please visit our website at www.safegapyear.com
Image – © Heather Spalton
Date – September 2006
Location - Quito - Ecuador
In many developing countries children are forced to work to help supplement the income of the family. Travellers and tourists have different opinions of how to deal with these kids. Does using their services and giving them a few pennies perpetuate the problems of children having to work or does it help the child and his family to eat?
Certainly the situation varies from child to child and from country to country; take a little time to talk to them and find out if they go to school or where they live and you should get all the information you need to make a judgement for yourself.
Beyond The Blue run workshops to help individuals make choices for themselves about where they are going to travel and what they will do when there. Our Gap Year and Independent Travel Safety & Awareness workshop helps individuals to understand what they need to plan in advance and what information they can hope to get when they arrive. Our primary goal is to help people make the correct decisions, when they are far away from home.
Please visit our website at www.safegapyear.com
Image – © Heather Spalton
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