family initiatives

Family initiative aims to stop Samoa's child street vendors

Ten representatives of families from villages of Leone, Tufuiopa, Vaiusu and Leulumoega tuai, have been selected to participate.

One participant and a mother of seven, Temukisa Semau, said she wanted to start a small business printing tapa or elei materials to sell, instead of sending her three children aged 8, 9, and 12 to sell goods on the streets.

She has admitted it was wrong for her kids to be out making money but she said her husband was the only one who worked and his weekly salary did not meet the high cost of living.