Children’s Tough Life
In 2007, Oxfam reported that some 7 million Afghan children — more than half of the country’s young people — do not go to school. In the same report, titled “Free, Quality Education For Every Afghan Child,” Oxfam notes a fivefold increase in school enrollments across Afghanistan since 2001. That means about 5 million Afghan children are now getting an education. But Oxfam warns that “poverty, crippling fees, and huge distances to the nearest schools” prevent many parents from sending their children to get an education.