Mitre top quality footballs cost £60 in a shop.
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Omar lives in the outskirts of Sialkot in Pakistan.
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In Sialkot 75% of the world hand stitched footballs are made.
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Mitre, a British company have footballs made in Pakistan because it can exploit the low wages for workers.
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Mitre is under pressure from its directors to raise profits.
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Rizwan, a factory owner in Sialkot offers to make footballs at a low price.
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The women who stitch footballs are unhappy at their low wages, but they need to feed their families.
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Omar‘s dad died when he was young, so his family need him to work.
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A stitcher earns 50p per football. About 4 can be stitched in a day
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When Omar watches football on his Uncle’s television, he wonders if the football being used was made by him
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Omars mum’s sight has been slowly getting worse in recent years. She can no longer stitch.
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In the past, many children have worked in stitching centres to help raise money for their families
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Before the Atlanta agreement, Omar’s family were just about getting by.
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The Atlanta agreement was reached in 1997. Companies like Nike, Reebok and Mitre agreed not to buy from factories who use children
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Many factory owners in Pakistan have also signed the agreement to stop using child labour.
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Today, more children in Sialkot go to school
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There are now no children working in stitching centres, (but some do work secretly at home)
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There was an outcry in 1996, when it was discovered that children as young as 7 or 8 were stitching footballs for a living.
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Save the Children say that more needs to be done to help families find other ways to earn money after this agreement.
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Unfortunately, Omar is still not receiving an education and his family are worse off than before.
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The aim of the Atlanta agreement was to stop child exploitation
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Mitre claimed that they were unaware that any children were being used in their factories
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