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The decision by labour to go on strike over the second tier pension scheme is having a rippling effect on school children who have been forced to stay at home. A visit to Ehwia Eboum, near Tafo-Pankrono by The Chronicle saw a number of Children holidaying by combing through mountainous refuse dumps for aluminium products to sell and make money, thereby exposing them to Cholera and other deadly diseases. The Chronicle, during a visit, saw some poor kids walking bare footed and combing through the refuse with their bare hands, searching for aluminium, a situation which could lead to contraction of diseases. In an interview with nine-year-old twins, who gave their names as Henry Boakye Junior and Senior, they said they came to the refuse dump in search of aluminium, which will fetch them good money. Responding to a question, they told The Chronicle that their teachers have not been coming to school so they have also stopped going to school. The twins admitted that they were aware of the Cholera outbreak but could not help going to the refuse dump to search for aluminum to sell. Some of the kids were seen aimlessly roaming around the refuse dump. A class four pupil, Master Kwame Isaac, aged eleven years, was also sighted at the pinnacle of the refuse dump. His mission there was to attend to nature�s call.