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Penny Harvest Capital Region of NY
Did you know that 115 million children around the world don’t get to go to school?
Find organizations that help. READ A Summary of These Organizations. Watch an inspirational video made by high-school students. There are 1.1 million students in New York City public schools. That means that for every student that goes to public school in New York City, there are 100 children who do not get to go school at all! Can you imagine what it would be like to not go to school everyday? What would it be like if you couldn’t read this page or write your name?
Here are some true stories about children around the world that don’t have a chance to go to school. For more inspiration, watch a short video made by high-school students and read why high-school students are concerned about this issue too!
Why do you think so many children can’t go to school? Download this sheet.Have you heard stories like these before? Do you think this is fair? Do you think all children deserve the right to go to school? What can you do about so many children that don’t have a chance to go to school? Do you want to help? You can! There are people all around the world that care about this issue just like you. Some of these people started organizations to help children who can’t go to school. Find organizations now!
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Learn more about these organizations • Bekwaiman Association (Ghana)
• Deoki Nandan Education Trust (India) • Education and Hope (Guatemala) • GRACE Project (Kenya) • Indonesia Heritage Foundation (Indonesia) • Mji Wa Salaam Children’s Home (Kenya) • RESULTS (Global) • School to School (South Africa) ---------------------------------------------------------------------
Stories of Young Children
A Story from China  A young Chinese boy sells newspapers to passing drivers and cyclists in the streets of Beijing. Millions of Chinese children work because their parents can not afford to send them to school.(Adapted from the Time for Kids website http://www.timeforkids.com/TFK/) A Story from Costa Rica Helen is 11-years-old from Costa Rica
"I work at home taking care of my brothers and sisters because my mother works outside, cleaning and ironing. When I get up, I make my little brothers and sisters coffee, and if there is bread, I give them some. I take them to school. When I get home, I clean the house and go to the Salvation Army with my brothers and sisters to eat lunch. Afterward, I have to take care of them and do the chores. I work a schedule set by my mother. My day off is Thursday afternoon, when I go to town, but I have to work on Saturdays and Sundays. I'm only in second grade because whenever I go to school, they take me out. The first time it was because my brother Ricardo was born, and I had to take care of him. Later it was because my mother didn't have the money to keep us all in school."
A Story From Mexico
 A girl threads tobacco strings in the tobacco fields of Nayarit, Mexico. Many children working in the fields end up dropping out of school. In the surrounding communities of Nayarit, 86 percent of children do not go to school.(Adapted from the Time for Kids website http://www.timeforkids.com/TFK/) A Story from Bangladesh Jasmine is 13-years-old from Bangladesh
“My dream is to become a doctor. But dreams remain dreams. I am in class five and have to leave now. School is only free up to this year. I think my father will marry me off in the near future because I’ll be finished with school and have little to do. This thought frightens me. I hope someone hears my cry and comes forward before my education is stopped.”
A Story from Iraq
 A young boy stacks bricks in the Iraqi town of Nahawan. There are more than 100 brick factories in Nahawan, located about 37 miles south of the capital city of Baghdad. Though kids work in the factories, there are no hospitals or schools nearby. (Adapted from the Time for Kids website http://www.timeforkids.com/TFK) A Story from the Sudan
Amna is 10-years-old from the Sudan
Until recently, Amna Elsafi had no concept of a life different from her family's nomadic existence. She helped her mother with domestic chores and tended camels. She did not go to school or have any formal education. Her parents could see no point in allowing her to travel three kilometers on a camel to the nearest village school, as her younger brother did.
(Adapted from Unicef’s “Voices of Youth” website:
A Story from the United States  Mariella, aged 10, cuts onions in a field in Eagle Pass, Texas. As many as 500,000 kids in the United States work on farms for little pay to help their families earn money. Many are forced to miss months of school at a time so they can work.(Adapted from the Time for Kids website http://www.timeforkids.com/TFK/) A Story from China
Xiuhua is 10-years-old from China
When she was only 10 years old, Xiuhua, who lives in west China, had to leave school to help her parents in the fields. "Parents often think if they take their girls out of school, they can save some money," says Mu Huiqin, deputy principal of Xiuhua's school. Mu and others try to persuade parents to let their girls return to school, but with little success. Xiuhua's father, like many others, believe girls are better off getting married. "I was crying behind the door when I heard my father say these words to my teacher," Xiuhua says.
(Adapted from Unicef’s “Voices of Youth” website:
A Story from Nepal  A boy works in a tea stall in a small village in Nepal's Rukum District. Nepal is one of the world's poorest countries, forcing huge numbers of children to do hard labor. For a majority of children in Nepal, education is a luxury. (Adapted from the Time for Kids website http://www.timeforkids.com/TFK/) |
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