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Lottery
agents stop using children
Lottery
agents across Colombo have taken seriously an appeal from
the National Lotteries Board (NLB) last month to stop recruiting
children to sell tickets. The NLB appeal has succeeded to
such an extent that the agents are not allowing children to
sell even tickets marketed by other lottery companies. The
NLB plea came in the same week that UNICEF Executive Director
Carol Bellamy visited Sri Lanka to urge Tamil rebels to stop
recruiting children. In the picture is Ajit Bandara, 22 years
from Rajagiriya, who with his younger brother sells sweep
tickets for a living. Bandara’s parents are both dead
and the two brothers, who have studied up to the O’
levels, sell tickets from 7 am to 7 pm. “The income
is sufficient for us. But the work is hard,” said Bandara
who plies his trade on a bicycle. Pic. by Athula Devapriya.
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