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School in Indonesia supported by Oxfam
Photo: Jim Holmes/Oxfam |
It's hard to change your life if you don't know how to read and
write; but there are millions of children who have never had the
chance to go to school.
It might be because there isn't a school anywhere near where they
live; or it might be because there are school fees which their parents
can't afford to pay; or that they need books, pens and other things
for school which the family can't buy.
How does Oxfam help?
We help people to set up local schools, buy equipment and train
teachers. We also help adults who missed out on school when they
were children, by supporting courses for them to learn to read and
write.
Through our Millennium Development Goals campaign, we are
working with other organisations all over the world to persuade
world leaders to make it possible for every child to go to primary
school.
We believe that the more we know about, and appreciate each other,
the more we will be able to work together to change the world for
the better. We work in the UK and other industrialised nations to
help young people learn as much as they can about different countries.
Example – Cambodia
'I feel sad about not having the opportunity to go to school
. at least I am being offered the opportunity to learn how
to sew, but how I wish I could go to school.'
Abena, 13, Ghana
Source: The State of the World's Children, Unicef
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