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| Back to school . . . . for the first time! | ||||||
Sixty-six children proudly showed off their new white-and blue school uniforms on their first school day in early October. For 26 of them it was the first time they have ever gone to school. The other 40 children returned after dropping out many months or even years ago. Since the opening of the center in February, CFI's staff was able to locate these children and help them get caught up in CFI’s literacy and math classes. Some older children very proudly entered directly into grade six after having studied for only seven months in their life. Chreb, an 11-year old girl, has been a CFI-student for seven months. When we first met her, she didn’t know the correct word for ‘yes’. Raised by her grandmother, she had to look for food in the ricefields every day. Now she’s studying in grade three in public school. When asked what she likes best about school she says, with a big smile: ‘EVERYTHING!’
See more photos of CFI's proud new students on our Facebook page!
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