Child labor is still a rampant issue in the Ivory Coast for many reasons. One of those reasons is that many parents and/or guardians simply cannot afford sending their children to school. The costs related to education are extremely high considering how much a typical rural household makes per year (an estimated $700 annually). For parents that have more than one child, education becomes a matter of choosing between taking care of the extensive family or paying for someone’s education. Most people in that case would choose to feed the family. Finding ways to make education more affordable in these communities could prove to be effective in the fight against child labor. One way of doing it would be for us to provide school uniforms, so that parents do not have to worry about what their children are going to wear to go to school. This is a commitment we made to farmers as we were encouraging them to let children attend our schools. In March 2017 we joined forces with Akin Clothing to provide school uniforms to the children of the first WELL Africa primary school. Amazing day at the school distributing new school uniforms. Since then, it has become a tradition…
