In 1995, Medical students at the American University of Beirut interviewed a total of 69 street boys and four street girls working in Beirut.
The work of these children ranged from selling cigarettes, newspapers, chewing gum, collecting or scavenging garbage, and begging.
Of those interviewed, 67 percent started working between 7 and 15 years and came from the outskirts of Beirut or from the northern district of Tripoli (50.7%) or from shacks or camps (49.3%). 49 percent were identified as gypsies, 33 percent as Syrians and 18 percent as Lebanese.
Around 73 percent of those interviewed in the AUB study came from families with two parents, 5 percent from divorced parents and 18 percent were orphans. They worked 10-11 hours per day, and their take-home earnings amounted to about 69 percent after a trafficker’s cut.
RUSSEAU, S. (2011). Child labor in Lebanon: A breakdown. Retrieved April 2011, from Menassat Website: 2011
The work of these children ranged from selling cigarettes, newspapers, chewing gum, collecting or scavenging garbage, and begging.
Of those interviewed, 67 percent started working between 7 and 15 years and came from the outskirts of Beirut or from the northern district of Tripoli (50.7%) or from shacks or camps (49.3%). 49 percent were identified as gypsies, 33 percent as Syrians and 18 percent as Lebanese.
RUSSEAU, S. (2011). Child labor in Lebanon: A breakdown. Retrieved April 2011, from Menassat Website: 2011
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