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Story Publication logo May 16, 2009

School for Working Children

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In the wake of the Mumbai terror attacks and the Obama administration's announcement of troop...

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UNICEF estimates that 250 million children work for a living in developing countries, and calls the practice of child labor a violation of basic human rights. Many advocates work to eliminate child labor completely, in particular because work can keep children out of school. But in one neighborhood in Karachi, Pakistan, a group of young people are both working and going to school.

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