Managua City Market Picture shows Girl seller is Katia Fernandez (10) Her mom Dora Maria Urbina has 6 kids. She buys chilli and other goods and puts all these little bags together at home. Katia sells them to customers in the market. They have no land so they do not grow anything. Their house only has one room so there is little space available. They have to buy all of these foods and then package and sell them. Tumeric , peppers and potatoes are the best sellers. Katia goes to school every morning but works at the market every afternoon until 5 pm. She would like to be a doctor as that is a job where you can save peoples lives. Some of her smaller brothers also help their mom out and altogether the family makes 75 cordobas a day. They have to pay 25 each day to rent the stall so they only take 50 cordobas a day home. They leave some of their goods at the market overnight with many other sells so they all have to chip in to pay a security guard or their goods could be stolen.

The other kids in Katia’s stall are – Sujey Urbina (12) Christian Urbina (9) Gabriecito Urbina (6) Carlos Antonio (6)

Natras was set up in 1991. It’s goal is to train child workers about their rights. In Nicaragua, children works in the streets, in dumps, markets, bus terminals, garages, shops, homes and in the rural areas. NATRAS is for boys, girls and adolescent workers. The movement was set up in 1991 to train child workers in their rights. ‘We are groups of boys and girls who work on the streets, in the markets, on the dumps, in the parks, in garages, bus terminals, homes, and shops.’