List of Goods Produced by Child Labor or Forced Labor

There are reports that children ages 10-16 are forced to work in the production of gold in some mines in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Based on the most recently available NGO evidence, thousands of children are working in conditions of forced labor in the mines in Eastern Congo, particularly in North and South Kivu. Some children are forced to work at the mines with their families in situations of bonded labor, while other children are sent away to the mines by their parents to pay off the family's debt. Child miners are paid little if at all. Many mines are controlled by military officers or armed groups which force children to work. Some children are abducted to work in the mines. 

French Translation

There are reports that children as young as age 12 produce gold in Kenya.  Children reportedly work at small-scale and artisanal mining sites in western Kenya.  Local government officials estimate that there are 8,000 children working at informal gold mining sites in Migori County, while other media and NGO reports document widespread cases of children engaged in mining activities related to the production of gold throughout western Kenya.  In many cases, children drop out of school to work at gold mining sites.  Children are involved in hazardous forms of work, including using pick axes, engaging in work underground, and carrying heavy loads.  In some cases, children working in gold mining have been trapped in collapsed mines, have suffocated, or have been exposed to mercury.