I also visited a non-formal school that ChildFund supports in a slum community outside of Yangon. This is what I learned about the children who attend the school, and my thoughts on what can be done to help them.
Child labour deprives children of their childhood
All of the children who attend the school have to work, forced by poverty to contribute to their household income from a young age.
It’s very upsetting to see kids having to live this way, but it was tremendous to see them in class, enjoying the chance to be a child again for a time. Every child needs that.
ChildFund would like to thank the Australian Government for its support of this work through the Australian NGO Cooperation Program (ANCP).
ChildFund Australia CEO Nigel Spence with May Su in Myanmar
Acquiring basic literacy and numeracy goes a long way to giving these children opportunities for safer and better paid jobs in the future, and helps them to manage in society.
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