Protection
Protection All children have the right to feel safe, secure and protected. Child protection must be ensured by the parents and the community which surrounds them. Children living in illegal gold mines live in a society without laws and rules. Their fathers go to the mines to work in the morning, but may not come […]
Education
Education All children deserve the right to education. Children living around illegal gold mines often have to sacrifice their education in favour of supporting the family. Mining becomes a family business and survival is put before education. We understand the importance of education for children. Education is the only way to a better future. […]
Health and Nutrition
Health and Nutrition All children have the right to a healthy life. Nutritious food and clean water are the basis of everything and a prerequisite for survival, development and learning. La Rinconada is located at an altitude of 5,400 meters and can only be reached by a long and risky journey on narrow gravel […]
Mission
Mission Golden Child Aid strive to ensure that children in illegal gold mines are granted their rights and liberty. We strive for Children’s Rights so that every child can grow up in a safe and healthy environment. Yet millions of vulnerable children are forced to live in abusive and dangerous conditions around illegal gold mines. […]
Challenge
La Rinconada Children can be found working in mines in Asia, Africa, and Latin America and in parts of Europe. It is more common in the poorer counties though it is connected to poverty. Mining is often takes part in temporary, remote locations. One place more devastating than the other. La Rinconada is a town […]
Children
Child Labor Child labour is a great problem in artisanal and illegal mining. The low income of the miners has it that children have to work in order to complement the family income, placing their health in danger, limiting their education and future development. It is estimated that over 1 million children as young as […]
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