Prize. I have to sell the hope basket like this one here 2 on the equivalent of one euro 0. 25 apiece women work 8 hours a day of the blazing sun what else can i do. Id rather work on the life and die of starvation than. The hills of this desert like landscape are full of a mineral mine all you have to do is bend down and pick it up in early strips unknown to most people the roman terry lane is used in a multitude of everyday products. In automotive paints for example. Or as an insulating material for electronic components. Mostly though it is used in the cosmetics industry. Crushed into a powder mica is found. In almost every time of cosmetic. Mind youre here michael there micah everywhere but who pays the price for our glittery cosmetics. One. Down in the valley children are gathering my girl aged between 6 and 91. Lone wolf. Absolute. Good at. The of the south after. Up but in the. Upload of their genitals the depth about them with. The lives of the. They were just like a minute ago of the author. Of the sound. Of. The it. To find out more about the importance of mica in the Beauty Industry we had to because medical trained fat and balin there are no standards for the likes of show now do your loreal hear the big brands dont make their own products they are outsourced so we tally and manufacturers. My car is an essential ingredient in make up such as my scar a blush of lipstick and foundation. So what is mica make i am i my kit is a shimmery material which puts the glitter into pout isnt creams is half what it. Effect it produces the shimmering glowing effect on the skin. Its in foundation in lipstick my cousin everything. Its a key ingredient yes and cosmetics especially in the Decorative Department id say its one of the most important. Manufacturers now plenty about the formulas of their product. But do they know where theyre wrong materials are so aust. Thats why this. Has lead need to scrutinize the documents every time. And in principle wed have to ask our suppliers how you know that. The industry is aware of the issue of child labor and is trying to tackle it. Many firms rely on the information given by suppliers. And they give every roll material has its own documentation if this is delivered along with the order of the material for example with mica. Its documented in the computer so we know exactly which product has been manufactured from which batch of raw material. You can trace it back to the mine right exactly but dance there is really work. Mica can be found all over the world. The u. S. Brazil canada and south korea are among the largest countries to extract it. However china and india are way ahead 30 percent of all miter imported into europe comes from india. Officially india and mica production comes from raw just in practice almost 90 percent of the mine germ mined in india is from the states of jharkhand and be hard mica mining and extraction are illegal that. In the ninetys the state declared these miles of wild fowl is a nature reserve in order to protect them the old guard his back and all my gear mining. However our drone footage shows a different picture. Countless craters are testimony to the extent of mining in the region it is mostly local the. Ridges who work here even in areas that are very difficult to access. Some of the micro miners use dynamite to get into the mountainside. Others dig on the surface using rudimentary tools we try to establish contact with them we want to understand how they have been mining might or illegally for over 40 years and in spite of the band. It was not easy to spot them in this rough terrain. After searching for several days we finally came across a family. Meal is 25 years old he comes with his wife and children to collect micah every day. And micah is our only option we all come here to work we can make about 302400 rupees so we can buy rice and feed ourselves. So. What do you want for your children. I want them to be able to study to do something with their lives i want them to have a good job. But. Average daily wage is between 3 euros 80 and 5 euros he hasnt always been a miter gatherer just 2 years ago he was working as a farmer he lives in this village of 60 inhabitants at the foot of the mines there is no Running Water or electricity here despite the brand new elektras of the masts the familys livelihood used to be farming but drought and Climate Change have now made most of the land barren. I eat food as if this is my land here all of this. Can you still farm on this land and there is. Theres no rain the nothing can grow its to drive. The. Extraction of mica has become an indispensable source of income for more than a 90 percent of john cans population. The miners are willing to take huge risks to get hold of the mineral they have to dig deeper and deeper into the mountain to find it. The sounds coming from my narrow well catch our attention. So i. Dont worry were not police ok no problem. What is your name and i run saying how do you manage to work down there. Richard. When youre hungry you arent afraid to go down its true that its dangerous work but what else can you do we have to eat i dont have much choice i dont have much education and i dont get any state support. Is that a 5 years old and has 2 children he agrees to let us follow him into the tunnel he has built. Every month around a dozen miners from the region die in these dangerous underground quarries almost 15 meters underground the air is very stuffy. Its around 45. 00 degrees and there is nothing shoring up the tunnels which could collapse at any minute. Canon and his friend ravi spend around 8 hours a day here in the darkness an ordeal that earns them around 300. 00 rupees a day the equivalent of 3 euros 0. 80. For. I have worked here for 4 months a lot of people worked here in the past even our grandfathers were digging here 40 or 50 years ago are you aware that people die due to these mines collapsing. Im scared for my life like anyone would be but what else can i do there arent too many accidents here if god so chooses it will happen but for now they havent been any disasters here. Where they were a guest at the half hour we knew my ears. Doesnt it worry you that what youre doing is illegal. If the police came around 4 or 5 months ago they told us that its illegal and that we should stop they even tried to scare us a few times but how are we going to feed ourselves if we dont come here. The 2 miners live in 23 a town with a population of around 4000 people surrounded by michael reserves michael mining is the main source of income here 3 years ago the town was struck by a mining disaster. I needed a v lost her husband in the accident she has 4 children. Will love this sit down and meet. The need to is illiterate like most of the villages in jock out. I dont know how old my parents dont remember. Anything nor can you tell us about your husband. Michael. My husband left to work in the mines he went deep underground and was buried in a landslide. And others die with it yes 3 others. Since her husband died and heater is this song provider for her family every day she walks 2 kilometers along a stony path under the hot sun to the summit of this mountain when her children dont have to go to school they go with the youngest is just 4 years old. The children help me by gathering the rocks. We break them up and then collect all the little stones. I dont know and that not because there are only little stones here. It means that they know that if. Its on one of those. Show it to me right away or rather cross. This is my daily ordeal working in the heat i can deal with the hunger that my children cant i wont let them starve i have to work because i dont have any land to farm. Off to 3 grueling hours anita and her children have collected enough mica to feed themselves for a day. Many highly profitable businesses rely on these poor people slogging away. At the end of each day the valley villagers take what theyve gathered to connection points where the mica is sold by weight. Put it down here Small Traders are at the bottom of the supply chain they supply might answer local wholesalers. Local directors to the wholesalers who buy their goods. There are several dozen collection points in the town center. Is the only game in town. But for us the wholesalers refuse to talk to us but eventually one of them agrees to answer all questions. Where does the mica come from it comes from the minds. To the Small Traders bring it to you. Yes. The wholesaler openly admits that the mica is sourced from illegal mines but as soon as we start to talk about child labor he starts to hedge. Would like to ask you about children working in the mines. There arent any children working in the mines. Thats false information. That the children bring food to their parents when theyre working in the media take photos of it. I love it i dont know. That. The so children dont work there no. More you exporter michael yourself. We sell it to the exporters then it goes to mumbai china germany and so on. Who buys it in germany. So he says the german Corporate Group america is one of the main buyers of the mica produced in the region. Is one of the largest corporations in europe with an annual turnover of around 15000000000 euros. Pharmaceuticals giant is also a leading producer of cosmetics and Chemical Products and one of the key suppliers overall materials to the cosmetics industry. Its subsidiaries collar owner and tim are on supply to major brands such as Loreal Chanel and grillo. We are committed to labor standards human rights Environmental Protection and are opposed to every type of corruption. Max code of conduct contains a commitment to 0 tolerance of child labor it sounds comprehensive annual ordinance include the control of relevant documentation welkers ages working hours and wages as well as compliance with environmental safety and Health Standards by means of boards we strictly monitor the compliant behavior of our partners but does it really work we head for kodama in the north of jharkhand this town with a population of 25000 is the heart of the mica industry this is where most of the export business is and processing plants are based. On 25 years old is one of the towns x. Porters when we introduce ourselves as journalists he agrees to show us his warehouses and to talk about child labor. Going for some material the material should always be ready here next to the machine. Around 50 people work in the company after the crystals are sorted ground down and filtered they are cleaned one last time. Through my help let these valuable mica flakes are exported to europe for around 500 euros. The young entrepreneur tells us theres a good reason his mica isnt sourced from. Mines that use child labor but from register the extraction is legal and controlled by both artists. This is a lot of just funny that. I can tell you that i live in other sectors. I legally buy it there. Just as a reminder around 90 percent of the indian production is not from russias stomp but from john cant and behind. Our Research Also finds a database recording all micah exports from the court in kolkata. We see that several containers a week go to machen germany. Supplied by 2 export is based in kodama ram do modi and the cheesier and calves. The wholesale and kodama who sources mica from illegal mines himself mentioned these to export businesses. To export to. Know or some bikers of the exporters. To ram to modi to yes of course and to pitch easier cheesier yes i supply them to the responsible for the export. We manage to find the 2 suppliers on the outskirts of the town they are located next to one another. As soon as we arrive at the cheesier the workers in needy families carry off only one man who seems to be in charge treats us. Most natives. Yes brenda. Very well but if hosing is potential buyers we try to find out more about his suppliers and clients but the man is suspicious to me. Not able. Any. My. Dear father yes yes were not getting anywhere here. Thanks mody were greeted by a foreman on the other end of the telephone his boss tells us that he wont meters. As were leaving the premises respond to another factory building a few meters away this time the boss is there and welcomes us with open arms we are still posing as potential buyers he says he has been working with ram to modi and patrice here for years supplying them with my car for export. Thats the part theyve been doing there for a long time theyre mica mostly goes to american germany. And. The man is happy to explain to us how the trade with foreign buyers works do the firms have export licenses. Yes theyve got an export license. They dont have any Mining Operations but they have taken the relevant documents but they look at their goods from here its not legal at all. You can get the necessary permits from roger stan because theres mica there. Exporters use licenses from there. Since then my car comes from illegal mines in jharkhand the export is have to get around the system to legalize their goods they buy the new. Sorry certificates in rogers dom which they used to export the illegally mind mica to europe. The man introduces us to his partner. Thank you from the west bank and. He informs us that businesses can obtain a document certifying they are observing the ban on child labor. So if the buyer wants him certificate how do you do it. We can get one without business name for us its no problem at all to get the papers. Thats possible. Yes we take care of everything but if you want one of these papers it will cost you a lot the administrative process is expensive. How much does it cost. Between 2. 02 rupees per kilo. So no matter where the mine comes from its a simple matter to obtain papers to find that it hasnt been produced by child labor this is what the certificates look like this copy comes from the Indian Office of an International Certification company it certifies that the micro was produced in compliance with laws to prevent child labor according to these indian export or such certificates are absolutely mandatory for International Groups like now. We have a saying here to people who dont own kells automatically get no milk in the same way you can ask why shouldnt you get a certificate even when you dont fulfill the requirements yourself thats the way the world works. Of course large corporations micmac conduct their own inspection of the tax porters also have their tricks to get around this. American spectors come for example mr. B. Asked me to take him to the mines for a visit. To get. Mines where children work. Children work there too but on the day of the inspection there was a child inside me but you know women and children. So far they exporters ram to modi and but she havent commented on the allegations. We confront mac with the results of our research the company refuses an interview in writing they refer us to bear Corporate Responsibility charter and explain we completely reject the use of any kind of child labor to this and we have introduced control mechanisms along the entire supply chain which we are continuously developing. Should any concrete indication of irregularities arise we will of course investigate them and take appropriate measures. Of the Global Organization responsible miter initiative is an n. G. O. S that campaigns against child labor in my car mines. They have around 50 sponsors including mag Loreal Chanel and even. The french representative of the ngo agrees to meet us in her paris office. We show her the footage we filmed in the mines in india. Itself in the heart of it its unbearable we need to act now you know this is why our organization was founded and why we want to eradicate child labor by 2022 funny families or where the child labor still exists but doesnt want International Companies to pull out of the region. If these companies decided to stop buying my kit from india the families would lose their only income overnight. It takes a huge effort to stay there when we know all about the problem and still say. Restating that were aware of the issue and ridge joining forces to solve it. And has had to have done the systemic. But the fact is micah traders and exporters of the biggest beneficiaries of illegal mining but its hardly in their interests to change anything importers and producers rely on spot checks and indian certificates but jock hands people are the ones who suffer because they depend on the income from illegal mining. Seen in bad light the creation of new jobs here by 2022 seems like pie in the sky. Wildlife reserves in south africa. At 1st glance its beautiful totally devoid of tourists during the corona crisis but how long can it last without jobs. Unemployment benefits only last 3 months together people are fighting for their survival and against poaching. Global 3000. And 30 minutes on d. F. W. Like. A mug or just was. For the russian soul. In the street. So many different walks of life. Some. Or possibly and oddly troy not all of them come straight from the heart. The emotions and intimate journeys to death storage to maintain g. W. This is d. W. News and these are our top stories. 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