Chinguun's story, Mongolia

"Achlal" school in Mongolia is not a regular school. It provides basic education for children from poor families. These children have never attended any educational institutes at all or have dropped out of school for economic or other reasons. From its beginning in 1998, 663 children have been enrolled in the school.

I visited to the "Achlal" alternative school in summer of 2007. The school is located in one of the many ger districts surrounding the city . The ger district communities, which house about a half million people in the city, do not have running water or sanitation. The families are mostly very poor; the children are at risk of living with domestic violence or leaving home to a life on or under the streets.

In this piece, a 14-year-old boy who only completed his second grade at "Achlal" school, shares his opinion on alcoholism...

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• alcoholism
• mongolia
• domestic
• violence
• education
• achlal
• school

[mongolia4ever]

smart kid

[MyAmga]

He is really smart. Wish him the best in his future

[alergic2bull]

omg he is really really cute. I wish someone good will adopt him

[FayeChan01]

aww he is soo cute this is sad :( i want to adopt him