Tonga

Tonga is located in the South Pacific. It is in the Western side of Samoa. It is two thirds away from Hawaii and New Zealand. The capital of Tonga is Nuku'alofa. Nuku’alofa is in the north coast of Tongatapu and is the largest city in Tonga. Tonga’s population is 100 000. Tonga has three main Islands which are the Vava’u group, the Ha’apai group and also the Tongatapu. Nuku'alofa is the capital and is on the main Island from Tongatapu. Tonga ruled parts of Fiji and Samoa. Tonga have a few volcanic islands, limestone islands and small coral atolls. Tonga uses limestones for jewellery. Global warming is serious that can threat Tonga because usually Tonga is mainly hot. The king of Tonga is Tupou IV he is a political leader of Tonga. Captain James Cook was the first to name Tonga (friendly island). These are the favourite foods that Tongans love to eat which are: raw fish, pulu masima, Ufi (Taro), chop suey, Talo, Pork, Keke, lau lau, (Otai drink). The things I don’t like about Tongan food are horse meat and pigeon. By Amanda. 

Child labor

Child labour is a work for young  children ages 6 to 15 years old who are not meant to be working. But are forced to work. Children are usually enslaved for money due to poverty. They don’t go to school and miss out on education to know the fault of their own.

http://www.un.org/en/globalissues/briefingpapers/childlabour/

Children are being enslaved and beaten up they are also forced to work without stopping. They work in factories such as the making of chocolate, in mining such as gold, charcoal, chrome, diamonds, emeralds and coal. Sometimes they are work in the distribution of drugs.

http://www.ilo.org/global/topics/child-labour/lang--en/index.htm

Child labour are happening in this countries the Pacific, Asia, Africa, Mongolia, Colombia cote D'ivoire, Zimbabwe and Brazil. There are many ways children are used to do work in construction, agriculture, domestic helpers in manufacturing or factories or used to fight in wars. For some children receive no pay, have no protection they get sick and ill and sometimes injured they don’t receive good food and place to sleep This is the truth of child labor on what is happening.

http://www.un.org/en/globalissues/briefingpapers/childlabour/

In the ILO, child labour is defined as using young children to work in dangerous and unsuitable conditions. Children below 16 years of age work in factories and mines to provide for their family.  They don’t go to school nor get good education.  Now ILO are trying to make rules to help and protect young children not to be used as slave, labourers, in drug trafficking and even to fight in wars.

http://www.un.org/en/globalissues/briefingpapers/childlabour/

What can we do to stop child labour? A big problem all over the world. What can we do to help children who had been used in labour? Child labour is not fair. Children deserve more. They should be treated well. These children who are being forced to work do not deserve that. If other children are living freely why can’t other children be free too? People should think before they act.

By Amanda

Syrian Exodus report

Syrian Exodus

How would you feel in a place where killing is happening everywhere? Is this war going to end? You would probably be  hoping that this will never happen to your lovable country. Looking at people getting killed, raped, tortured and murdered made my heart bleed. We are so lucky here in New Zealand, we are not in that situation that Syria has to go through.

200,000 Syrians have lost their lives and over 11 million people have been forced to move away from their homes and own country. In March the 11th,  there were teenagers who were painting on a school wall so they were arrested and tormented. July 2011 hundreds of thousands were taken to the streets across the country.   This was how the war started.

The President of Syria took out freedom from his people. Rebel brigades fought and started to battle the government. The government controlled the cities, towns and countrysides, and  the fighting passed on to the capital of Syria, Damascus. In June 2013 the United Nations  said that 90,000 people have been killed in conflict.

The total killings as of March 2015  reached up to 220,000. The Government and rebel forces have been raging war and many civilians were suffering from lack of food, water and health supplies. 6,000 civilians have been killed by the government's air  strikes which was meant for the rebels.  The people were caught in the battle.

Nearly four million Syrians have fled Syria since the crisis had happen.  The syrian refugees are leaving to other countries such as america and britain and other countries including ours. 6.5 million syrian refugees have displaced syria.

In Syria people are dying and being shot by their own people, and this is not a way to solve this civil war. Maybe one day it could be us in this war, fighting and killing each other when this is not the solution.

What can we do to help the Syrians find a better peaceful place? Can we help the Syrians? If we can what is your  resolution?  

By: Amanda

Venezuela south America

Venezuela is located in South America. The people in Venezuela speak in either Spanish or Latin American, it was first owned by the Spanish. The population in Venezuela is 31.292.000 which is in 2015 (now) there is 28.5 million people living in Venezuela.

The capital of Venezuela is Caracas in Venezuelan it is usually called Santiago de León de Caracas. The president of Venezuela's Nicolás Maduro.Venezuela shares the land border with colombia to the west.

Did you know that the world's tallest waterfall is Angel falls? which is in Venezuela. Thee biggest mountain in Venezuela is Pico Bolivar at 4,979m (16,335 ft)

Venezuela is famous for many things such as oils, people and food and other many things they are famous for. Popular sports in Venezuela is football,baseball (major league baseball) Venezuela's flag colours is yellow at the top, blue at the middle and red at the bottom. designs on the flag are the 7 stars around the blue strip.

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