Making chapatis
India
Children work in Asia. Sometimes it is to help out their family, like this fellow in his family's chapati stand. Sometimes kids work in factories, and their pay goes to their families. And sometimes kids -- often orphans or runaways -- are serfs or slaves, working for food and a corner to sleep in.
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Tripti Bhaskaran writes:
The food item that this child is making is called a Chapati (Indian flat bread). Usually made from ground wheat flour, this healthy dish is a great delicacy in north and west India and is eaten along with spicy curries or pickles too.
The wheat flour is first converted to a semi-solid mass by adding water and then small balls are drawn from the dough. The small balls are then flattened using a belan (a cylindrical thick stick) and then roasted on hot coals.
On the side note the photograph shows a child working. It may be his relative\'s shop or he may be a orphan. Many children live below poverty line in India and need to earn for a living right from childhood. They are deprived of their basic rights just to survive. A lot of societies like CRY are taking initiative to reduce child labor in India and provide children with basic education rights and food.