Foro Global sobre Seguridad Alimentaria y Nutrición (Foro FSN)

Child labor is common in domestic/local supply chains. As long as it is volunatry and doesn't interfere with the children's education, it is a healthy trend in learning the life skills by helping their parents by participating in certain tasks, like delivering the vegetables to a local store, getting some supplies from shops, etc. 

Often girls are engaged in fetching water from distant wells for family use and it may interfere with their regular education. In such cases, provision of potable water and sanitation to poor families is critical to prevent the engagement of children in demanding tasks that interfere with their normal development and education.