Education for Working Children & Adult Literacy Program
The Education for Working Children and Adult Literacy Programs are implemented in Dhaka’s and Chittagong’s camps for working children, aged 10-12 years, as well as adults who are illiterate. The kids enrolled here could not study as they had to work to supplement the meager earnings of their parents and hence could not go to school. Now, from 7-9 am, daily, they attend classes which are preceded by breakfast. Some of the kids in the group are adept welders, barbers and tailors who are eager to read the newspaper or learn basic literacy skills to enable them to carry out their daily tasks at work. The adults also acquire basic literacy skills of reading and writing in classes that are held exclusively for them.
