A total of 800 children are working long hours on board of fishing boats off the coast of Buraika region, in Aden, to help sustain the living of their families, a recent survey indicated.
The field survey, carried out by the Association for Child Labor Combat (ACLC), targeted 1000 families and 800 students in the coastal regions of Faqm, Khisah, Amaran, and Ras Al-Arah. "The ultimate goal of the survey was to track precise figures related to truancy in order to launch a targeted awareness-raising drive," Fawziya Thabet the ACLC chairman was quoted as saying by SABA news agency. (menareport.com)
"The association has recently culminated a training course improving 350 children in order to meet their learning deficit."
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