putting their kids to work as we report from iraq's kurdistan region a big load for a little person mohammad hamid has to cart heavy fruits and vegetables around air bills market he earns a few euros a day working from 7 in the morning till 7 in the evening 6 days a week he's 12 years old. it's hard work but i'm used to it i want to help my family so we can live. child labor is a part of daily life in kurdistan the latest figures say about 2000 miners work in the capital and be alone and that number is going up schools are closed because of the coronavirus crisis many families are desperate so they send their children to work. mohammed come out works full time in a garage also 6 days a week. he's 13. he stopped going to school 2 years ago his father has a heart condition and he sees it as his duty to help his family through hard times . i don't like working in this area it's exhausting. and i do. i have to help my father because he's old and. my brothers and i come here to help support him i didn't want to leave school i'd like to go back and eventually go to university. but doesn't give us any ho