300,000 children in Nigeria either sold or given away by parents

Posted on May 2, 2008
Filed Under Africa, humans |

According to the Associated Press, an estimated 300,000 poor children are either given or sold by their parents to wealthier families in Nigeria. 

The article states “The children work in exchange for food, shelter and the promise of school, but often end up victims of physical and sexual abuse, according to the U.S. State Department’s annual report on human trafficking.”

Source: Jennifer Kay, AP, “Trafficking Case Exposes Child Servitude,” ABC News, October 17, 2007.

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