• Sierra Leone: Children Break Rocks to Pay for School in Sierra Leone

    UN Integrated Regional Information Networks, 18 March 2013

    Thousands of children in Sierra Leone are paying for their own education or helping their families make ends meet by working as rock-breakers for the country's construction industry.

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  • Peter Carlos Hinds
    Mar 19 2013, 14:45

    Government and opposition should come together,and provide free education.Up to a certain age of say 16.In Barbados Caribbean,our stones are crushed mechanically.Making the cost of gravel one of the cheapest components of building.Government and opposition could also supply things.Like free school meals,and free bus transportation to and from school.The cost of these school concessions could be looked at as an investment in national infrastructure.It is sad that nations that supply the west with metals.Lack basic building technology,and other technology.As I said before.What is needed Is a increase in the cost of exports.Followed by a decrease in the cost of imports.This is the type of development that black nations need.Peter Carlos Hinds.

  • Education Advocate
    Mar 19 2013, 21:13

    I would like to assist. If someone would please contact leave contact information at this site. I would greatly appreciate it.