"Children shouldn't work in fields, but on dreams!"

The gift of being a child

One of the most beau­ti­ful gifts of being a child, or indeed of watch­ing chil­dren grow and expe­ri­ence the world around them, is their care­free nature. The way their imag­i­na­tion blooms, the joy they find in play, and the way their unique gift­ings unfold and devel­op as they grow. 

This is the way it’s meant to be – a pre­cious peri­od of time with­out the wor­ries and con­cerns of adult­hood. A time to be nur­tured and cared for, a time of unbri­dled joy, a time of prepa­ra­tion, a time of dream­ing with­out limits. 

The tragedy of lost childhood

Trag­i­cal­ly, not all chil­dren get to expe­ri­ence the free­dom and joy that should accom­pa­ny child­hood. Across the world, an esti­mat­ed 152 mil­lion chil­dren are trapped in child labour. Almost half of them work in haz­ardous sit­u­a­tions. Many work full-time and don’t get the chance to go to school, play, or sim­ply enjoy the won­der of being a child. 

The theme of the 2019 World Day Against Child Labour (observed on 12^thJune) was ​“Chil­dren shouldn’t work in fields, but on dreams!” How true this is! 

In the region where we work, many chil­dren work in fields, or oth­er areas of labour. We are griev­ed by this, and are deter­mined to change the stats.

Born to be heroes 

We are pri­mar­i­ly doing this by pro­vid­ing qual­i­ty edu­ca­tion and nur­ture through our schools. As well as receiv­ing high qual­i­ty edu­ca­tion, our stu­dents are encour­aged to play, as we know it is an inte­gral part of their development! 

We also believe in uncov­er­ing the unique gift­ings of each child, and instill­ing with­in them their innate val­ue. When chil­dren under­stand their val­ue and recog­nise their unique gift­ings, they will change the world. When they’re giv­en the oppor­tu­ni­ty to pur­sue the things they were made to do, they will be unstoppable! 

Fund­ing a child to go to school can keep them out of the fields and instead, work­ing on their dreams. We believe every sin­gle child was born to have a pos­i­tive impact on the world. They were born to be heroes. 

Would you be a hero to our young heroes today by giv­ing the gift of education?