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 Posted: Tue Mar 27, 2007 11:11 pm Post subject: EU helps Turkey's child workers back to school |
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EU helps Turkey's child workers back to school By Zerin Elci
Tue Mar 27, 7:39 PM ET
CANKIRI, Turkey (Reuters) - Twelve-year-old Suna Kacar was until recently one of nearly 2 million Turkish child laborers who mostly work in the streets selling cheap goods or shining shoes to add a trickle to their family's income.
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Her skin darkened from working long hours under the sun, the blonde, hazel-eyed girl is one of nearly 3,000 children in Turkey benefiting from a European Union project to eradicate the worst forms of child labor.
The 5.3-million-euro project aims to give working children like Suna, mostly from very poor families, the chance of a better life, sending many of them to school.
The scheme is one of many EU aid projects in Turkey and elsewhere, but comes as public support in Turkey for membership of the bloc has dwindled over the last year amid a perception existing members do not really want Ankara to join.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070327/lf_nm/turkey_employment_children_dc |
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