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of Labor Bureau of International Labor Affairs INCIDENCE
AND NATURE OF CHILD LABOR - In some cases, children work as street beggars under a traditional
Koranic educational system in which the children are forced into begging by
their religious teachers as part of the learning process. Primary education is compulsory and free
through the age of 12. However, students must pay for their own
uniforms and school supplies to attend public schools. The Malian education system is marked by
extremely low rates of enrollment, attendance, and completion, particularly
among girls. CURRENT
GOVERNMENT POLICIES AND PROGRAMS TO ELIMINATE THE WORST FORMS OF CHILD LABOR - The Government of Mali continues to implement a 10-year
education sector policy that aims to reach a primary enrollment rate of 75
percent and improve educational quality and outcomes by 2008. Bur of Democracy,
Human Rights & Labor - Country
Reports on Human Rights Practices - 2005 CHILDREN - Education was tuition free and,
in principle, is open to all, although the majority of students left school
by age 12. Students had to provide their own uniforms and supplies to attend
public schools. While primary school was compulsory up to the age of 12, only
53.4 percent of children in the 7-12 age group received a basic education
owing to a lack of primary schools, especially in rural areas where 80
percent of the population lived. The Koranic schools were
independent institutions that depended on parents' donations and money the
children (known as garibouts) received from begging on the streets. Concluding
Observations Of The Committee On The Rights Of The Child (CRC) - 1999 [12] The Committee is concerned
that the current data collection mechanism is insufficient to ensure the
systematic and comprehensive collection of disaggregated quantitative and
qualitative data for all areas covered by the Convention in relation to all
groups of children, in order to monitor and evaluate progress achieved and
assess the impact of policies adopted with respect to children. The Committee
recommends that the system of data collection be reviewed with a view to
incorporating all the areas covered by the Convention. Such a system should
cover all children up to the age of 18 years, with specific emphasis on those
who are particularly vulnerable, including: girls; children with
disabilities; child laborers, especially domestic workers; garibou students;
children living in remote rural areas; child brides; children working and/or
living on the streets; children living in institutions; and refugee children. The Mali
Initiative Launches to Make Change Through Education Education is seen as a priority at
national and village levels in Mali, with good reason. Many children have no
access to any schools at all. Class-rooms hold up to over 100 children where
most children do not have tables and chairs or books and pens. With 81%
illiteracy rate, 4 out of 5 adults can not read and write, according to UN
data. “How shall you learn or find a job
without being able to read and write? Education holds the key for sustainable
development in action, you see the difference child per child” says Youchaou Traore, Director of
the non-governmental organization (NGO) that has been officially registered to
undertake activities in Mali. Youchaou was a street-child himself,
without access to education for many years. He decided to leave the begging
in the streets behind him when he got the chance to go to school where he
learned enthusiastically. Education pulled him out of poverty and allowed him
to become a renowned translator for international organizations. Now he runs
the flagship school of the Mali Initiative in Bamako. Care And Respect On The Streets Of Bamako Every night at 8 o’clock in Information
about Street Children - Mali [DOC] One NGO study in 2002 suggested that
there were around 4,300 street children in the Defining
A National Care Plan For Kids At Risk WHAT ABOUT STREET CHILDREN?
But anti-AIDS activists and the private sector admit they are
incapable for the moment of tracking down AIDS orphans or children at risk
among street children, young delinquents and migrants or young workers. Furthermore, you can't give ARVs to
children who are homeless, you can't keep them under supervision, they're
alone, don't know where to spend the night, some of them disappear. There's
nothing you can do. EDUCATION:
Former Street Toughs Call It A Day In Mali “We want to demonstrate the
enormous but neglected talent of these boys and girls living on the street”
comments Migeon. “Many of them have been in school but have often been
rejected by it. We therefore need to listen to the youngsters’ own ideas
about how to bring them back into society or they’ll just run away from us.” Protection Project - Mali [DOC] FACTORS THAT CONTRIBUTE TO THE
TRAFFICKING INFRASTRUCTURE - Poverty affects over half of the population of Mali. Children
suffer from malnutrition, food security is a persistent concern, and the AIDS
epidemic is reportedly on the rise. Mali’s estimated 4,000 street
children are especially vulnerable to trafficking. ECPAT International Annual Report - July 2004 - June 2005 [PDF] [page 156]
In Mali, ECPAT Luxembourg continued its collaboration with the NGO “Samu Social Mali” to implement a project providing
medical and psychosocial support to street children from Bamako for their
social reintegration. Night and day, mobile teams meet the children and
provide them with medical care and psychosocial support to assist them in
their rehabilitation process. 270 children were monitored on a regular basis
by the teams. This year, special attention was given to young mothers living
in the street. Save the Children Canada: Projects in Mali EDUCATION - Save the Children Canada works
to ensure that children employed in paid and unpaid household farming
activities, street children and others who have dropped out of school, are
able to access formal and non-formal education including night schools,
internships, and apprenticeships with employers. [PREVIOUSLY POSTED] Dozens of villages have been abandoned as their hungry residents wander the desert in search of food. Some people head for the towns and cities, or even neighboring countries. “I have no means to face this famine,” explains Zali Adamou, a 90-year-old widow from the Tillaberi region in Niger. “I have no food, livestock, nothing. [PREVIOUSLY POSTED] Numbers are large and growing, social support systems are overwhelmed, poor socialization, children care for children, social upheaval, Female headed household of orphans families are becoming common and juvenile, delinquencies combined with street children are raising. All material used herein
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