Each of the Colombian producers of flowers have their regular workers. These workers have their own families, the kids of these workers are put in a hard position.
As mentioned in other posts, Colombia as the second exporter of flowers of the world needs hard workers all year around. However, the life of any Colombian workers it is not as easy as for others workers in many different countries as United States. The average Colombian employee works an amount of 50 to 60 hours even though it is supposed to be 40. For a country like Colombia with a bad economy, people cannot have the privilege to work 40 hours and support their families with a minimum wage equivalent to $295 dollars, almost impossible to survive.
Therefore, parents take any jobs available in order to provide to their families. It is a risk their willing to take, even though it means no family time nor time for anything else. As the last Colombian president, Alvaro Uribe Velez used to say "es hora de trabajar, trabajar, y trabajar," which in English is "it is time to work work, and work."
I recommend watching the following video and listen to the kids of the flower business employees.
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