A grassroots NGO in Dhaka is rising to the challenge of getting Bangladesh’s 4.7m child workers out of hazardous workplaces and in to schools
The small space is set up to glance like a classroom. Its corrugated iron walls are hung with educational charts – illustrated letters of the alphabet and a map of Bangladesh.
But the constant sound of hammering and the chemicals in the air that catch in the back of the throat and irritate the eyes compose it hard to concentrate. The children who learn in this three square metre room are the lucky ones, however. They possess escaped working in the factories opposite.
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Source: theguardian.com