A young girl cries out in pain after receiving a minor injury to her right hand at the Stung Meanchey Landfill in Phnom Penh, Cambodia.
Photo © John Brown All Rights Reserved
The impact on Cambodian children working at dumps, brick factories and the like in terms of education can be assessed by comparing school-related issues across working duration, with the assumption that the longer a child works these types of jobs, the more likely they'll either quit school or have school related problems.
The percentage of school dropouts is higher among children with longer work tenure than their counterparts with shorter work experience. The rate of children going to school late or frequently skipping class is also higher among older child workers than among more recent child laborers.
TEACHERS AND CORRUPTION
Attending school in Cambodia can also be problematic for impoverished citizens. Cambodia's Center for Social Development (CSD) has stated, "Public education clearly stands out as the institution responsible for more than half of the total yearly amount spent on bribes by all households."
According to the CSD, the most commonly mentioned forms of corrupt practices paid by students to teachers are for:
1. "Enrollment and registration: corruption is paid when enrolling a child in school."
2. "Exams and grades: teachers ask for corrupt payment when students have tests or students pay to receive better results."
Will the child depicted above ever be able to attend school? That's anybody's guess but one thing is certain. The longer she remains sitting amongst 700 tons of waste that arrives each day at the Stung Meanchey dump, breathing in heavy air polluted by methane gas, the harder it will be for you, me and the Cambodian government to look into a mirror.
John Brown Photojournalist On LIGHTSTALKERS
My Mondo Library Photography
My Photoshelter Photography Archive Homepage
Photo © John Brown All Rights Reserved
The impact on Cambodian children working at dumps, brick factories and the like in terms of education can be assessed by comparing school-related issues across working duration, with the assumption that the longer a child works these types of jobs, the more likely they'll either quit school or have school related problems.
The percentage of school dropouts is higher among children with longer work tenure than their counterparts with shorter work experience. The rate of children going to school late or frequently skipping class is also higher among older child workers than among more recent child laborers.
TEACHERS AND CORRUPTION
Attending school in Cambodia can also be problematic for impoverished citizens. Cambodia's Center for Social Development (CSD) has stated, "Public education clearly stands out as the institution responsible for more than half of the total yearly amount spent on bribes by all households."
According to the CSD, the most commonly mentioned forms of corrupt practices paid by students to teachers are for:
1. "Enrollment and registration: corruption is paid when enrolling a child in school."
2. "Exams and grades: teachers ask for corrupt payment when students have tests or students pay to receive better results."
Will the child depicted above ever be able to attend school? That's anybody's guess but one thing is certain. The longer she remains sitting amongst 700 tons of waste that arrives each day at the Stung Meanchey dump, breathing in heavy air polluted by methane gas, the harder it will be for you, me and the Cambodian government to look into a mirror.
John Brown Photojournalist On LIGHTSTALKERS
My Mondo Library Photography
My Photoshelter Photography Archive Homepage
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