In this report, working children spoke. They described the deplorable conditions under which they work and lamented about the cumbersome, tiring, scary, risky and boring work they
routinely perform. Our research showed that children in the informal economic sector are burdened with tasks much heavier than their delicate shoulders could carry. As one of the
working children in Nigeria told us, his back hurts all the time and he wonders for how long he could continue working this way. Many children are engaged in backbreaking work for long hours, often without a break and for low wages. These violations of children’s rights happen in plain sight in the streets, homes and various corners of African cities and towns.