UNICEF helps keep Mongolian "herder children" in school

NARANBULAG, Mongolia, 11 September 2007 --Besides facing the pressures of family and work, rural Mongolian students must often attend classes in less than ideal facilities. Many schools suffer from poor sanitation and overcrowded dormitories, further discouraging children from staying in the classroom.

"Those factors literally push the children outside the school," said UNICEF Representative in Mongolia Bertrand Desmoulins. "It is already very difficult for them to be outside their home and family, and when they literally have to suffer to be able to study, very often the call to go back to the 'ger' [a traditional Mongolian tent] is greater than the call for staying in school."

To help students from rural and nomadic communities, UNICEF is helping improve conditions in schools and dormitories while offering non-formal education programmes to those who cannot attend school. UNICEF also aims to train teachers in better addressing their students' needs, and to equip more schools with safe water and sanitation systems.

To read the full story, visit: http://www.unicef.org/infobycountry/mongolia_40846.html

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[oogii55]

Thank you, UNICEF.

[metesables]

thank you Unicef!!!

[MultiDarkHawk]

thank you very much!