Now, they have the chance to get an education. They are learning to read and write so they can get good jobs to support themselves. Laura and her classmates insist they are just getting started. Today, they're working tirelessly to raise funds to build another school in a village near Punjab. If they aren't educated and are working all their lives, the cycle is going to keep going on and on.
Education is key to stopping child labor.
Reading for Ruchika U.S. Senator Edward M. Kennedy visits the Broad Meadows students to congratulate them on the opening of the School for Iqbal in Pakistan. From left are Amy Papile, Amanda Loos, Senator Ted Kennedy, Mike Gibbons, and Shuan Wynne. On the West Coast, students at the Mirman School in Los Angeles, California, have joined Broad Meadows in the fight against child labor. Fourth-graders at Mirman are burying their noses in mountains of books morning, noon, and night, to raise money for child laborers in India. I read in the car, in class, and in bed.