He sells the bottles to companies so his children, ages 7, 9, 15 and 19, can attend school. Children have a right to education under Article III lays out a “Bill of Rights for Children,” which includes the following ... education (including free, compulsory primary education); adequate food, and water. Liberia is one of the first countries to adopt comprehensive legislation for children that incorporates the UNCRC and the African Charter. “This amount is too small to live on, but I have saved some percentage of it to afford to pay school fees for my kids,” he says. It takes a lot of plastic to pay school fees for just one child.

Source: Front Page Africa April 27, 2017 00:45 UTC