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In addition, strides should be made towards declining rural exodus. Informal education should be encourage for children between the ages of 10 and 14 years, counselling on how to build their self-esteem, teaching them on their rights to decent lives and duties, and advising them more specifically on the problems of domestic child labour. Government should also put in enough resources for the actors (both official and civil society) So that policies pertaining to the subject can be effectively and efficiently be implemented for the good of the society and the Cameroon children in particular. This should include the funds necessary for the collection, analysis and interpretation of data so as to better measure the situation of child labour and child trafficking in Cameroon.
The government must involve more International partners as well as honestly implement the various international conventions on child labour it has ratified.
Close attention should be paid to its sister trade “child trafficking” for a significant positive achievement in this particular plague inherently mean a solution to child labour. Government and its partners should vigorously target and sensitize area of high economic concentration and their satellites, as well as conservative, enclose communities to enclose them on the importance of sending their children to school especially the girl child. For this to be possible, NGOs and Government should heavily engage the media in the strategy developed in terms of communication for behavioural change.
The media must not only wait on the rest of the society to get involved in the struggle. They are expected to forge ahead with their social responsibility as the watch dogs of the society. The public should also be sensitised and expected to collaborate with the Government and other NGOs so as to help cut down the child labour and child trafficking phenomenon that is becoming too visible to accept in this modern age.
Guardians and wards must be sensitize and forced to see reasons that children have a right to happiness, education and all the facilities that nature provides.
The laws of Cameroon protect every living Cameroonian and those living in Cameroon. The role played by freedom of expression in democracy or public participation in political and social life cannot be over emphasised. Democracy and politics are all based on ideas, freedom of expression helps to promote or challenge these ideas. However, there are certain forms of expressions (that need to be regulated) like abuse of human rights; torture, child labour and child trafficking need to be regulated for the protection of human dignity and human rights. Public interest is the main reason for such regulation and it is the role of our law makers to ensure that the appropriate laws are voted in parliament and the public sensitize for proper understanding and implantations
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Akwalla Johanness
I am a young development activist who believes that for youths to be successful, we need to come together and share ideas that are beneficial to the whole of humanity.
I strongly believe that for Africa to come out of the political hostage its finds itself, our leaders must stop to consider themselves as traditional rulers. We all know that traditional rulers rule for life, and power is passed on to their descendant. And I think that once our leaders stop to think of themselves as such and concentrate on development by investing into the education and basic health care and social services, then can we say we are on the right path to human development.
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