NGO hosts evening classes to combat child labor
By Raphael Thelen
Special to The Daily Star
Thursday, December 11, 2008
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Child labor is a widespread phenomenon in the Middle East and North Africa region and a severe problem in Lebanon, where, according to Myrna Chamieh from Caritas Lebanon, about 100,000 children under the age of 16 work. Caritas Lebanon has set up a program of evening studies to support children who face the threat of dropping out of school and into the labor market.
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