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Child Injuries at Minya Quarries: What Gets Recorded, Not What Stays Hidden

One rural health unit registers 30-40 child injuries per month

"30 to 40 injured children every month in a single health unit in Diaba village — that is what is recorded, not what remains hidden"

Child injuries per month at a single health unit (Diaba village)

30–40

children / month

Lacerations (ARIJ sample)

84%

of children in the sample

Children logged (union, 2019)

115 children

workers union census

Children 15-18 in Minya quarries

16,000+

children (2014 census)

⚠ What a single health unit records in one month nearly matches the total pulled from the worst forms of child labor by the entire international project over two years

Source: ARIJ Network investigation 2022 / Wadi El-Nil Foundation / Al-Shorouk investigation 2014