SOHAY also has classes for parents and employers to stop child labor. “It can be very difficult for working children to go to school,” says SOHAY’s program manager, Mohammed al-Mamun. “They are not like other children. After they stop working, they sometimes find it difficult to make friends and adapt to school.” It is also difficult to make sure they stay in school – lots of these children don’t finish school. Seven-year-old Zhorna Akter Sumayya has two older brothers – they both work (one at a restaurant, one at a local club). But, she went to a SOHAY center and she now goes to school. Her parents need the money their sons make, but they want their daughter to go to school.
What do Zhorna’s brothers do?
They are both employed so that they can make money for their parents One works at a restaurant and a club, and the other goes to school They try their best to not drop out of school before finishing They help Zhorna with her homework after school