In sub-Saharan Africa, it is estimated that around one in three children, representing 69 million children, is engaged in child labor, according to the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) report in the child protection publication The State of the World’s Children.

But sometimes children work alongside their parents in the family business to earn a living. Sibon’gile Matsotso helps her parents sell fruit and vegetables at their stand in Mamelodi, South Africa.

The KNN journalists are Metrix Chipeta, Z Kids News (MUVI TV), Zambia; Mwaka Nakweti, Z Kids News (MUVI TV), Zambia; Helio Manhica, Telejunior (STV), Mozambique; and Marcelino Cuna, Telejunior (STV), Mozambique. Their news items about the World Cup Soccer are available to all KNN programs, all youth news programs in Europe and 24 television stations in Africa  and America. So, the whole world can watch them! Since 2004, KNN initiates kids news programs in Asia, Latin America, Africa and – soon- in the Middle East. KNN is an initiative of Free Voice.