"PLAN BELGIE" gives children from Third World Countries better chance and future through education

African children in the classroom

Every child has the right to be educated, but in most Third World Countries, children have been denied access to education due to many problems, ranging from poverty to child labor. 

An independent organization based in Belgium, that has taken a major step to seek a better future through education for less fortunate children in Third World Countries, including Africa, is "PLAN BELGIE".  Children at school in Africa

The organization has qualified, trained coordinators specialized in giving lessons to children who have any schooling experience in their lives to read and write.

Fabrice Lepla is one of the specialists of "PLAN BELGIE", dealing with the education crisis in Africa and working towards quality education in those badly affected places. 

With many years of experience on the continent, he explains, "how in other continents, African countries have made progress, sometimes with huge success. For example, in Burkina Faso, the number of children attending school increased from one-third in 2000 to two-thirds in 2009.

In a few years, several thousand schools were built. He stressed that, however, Burkina Faso is still behind in education, like many other African countries. The explanation is simple: these countries are heading to a catastrophic situation. 

There are not enough buildings to accommodate all the children. On the other hand, many schools do not always correspond to the expected quality criteria, dampening the enthusiasm of teachers, parents, and pupils.

"PLAN BELGIE" as far as education is concerned, the support is enormous, and with huge success for children across Asia, Africa, and South America. For more information on "PLAN BELGIE" surf to their website at  http://www.planbelgie.be/

THE CHILDREN WE NEGLECT

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Children are assets to national development in every part of the world. They are considered as future leaders; in this way, they need every care, help, and education in their growth and development.


However, it is very sad to see children, especially in Third World Countries, roaming on the streets, as if they were artificially dropped from nowhere to increase the population of their country of origin.

Children these days are traditionally the subject of ridicule, humiliation, and mental torture. Due to poverty, some parents are so cruel to their children to the extent that about sixty-five percent of children in poverty-stricken countries are forced into prostitution, crime, and child labor, thus violating the rights of children.

In some parts of Asia, children often work in migrant labor camps for miserable wages. Some are forced by their parents to work as slaves to pay their debts. 

Young depressed children who escape the harsh treatment in the labor camps are often sent back by their parents with threats. The question is, why are some parents so cruel to their own children?

In an advanced country like the United States of America, each year, it is estimated that one million children are abused. The suicide rate for 15-24-year-olds has increased over the past twenty years. 

In Brazil, children often playing or sleeping on the streets are "sprayed" to death by bullets from machine guns by what the gang child assassins call "Street Cleansing."

The question is if parents are not ready to take over the responsibility of the affair of their children, why did they bring them into the world to face such dangerous and unhealthy situations? 

The lower the level of children's care, the more likely children are to be killed, abandoned, beaten, terrorized, and sexually abused.

It is rather unfortunate that thousands of children who should be in school are on the streets because of poverty. Let us not neglect the children. We need a change in our society, in our minds, feelings, and in our patterns of work, law, education, and politics. 

We urgently need to see clearly, articulate precisely, and above all, act bodily on issues pertaining to children.