Virus hits rural kids’ education
Pandemic drives many poor families into town, leaving some homeless
Children whose families are destitute and without a permanent home are unlikely to receive an adequate education, according to a children’s welfare advocacy group.
FROM HAIR TO ETERNITY: A young man demonstrates how he performs his job as a barber. He experienced a difficult childhood and displayed rogue behaviour before turning a new leaf.
Kanyapak Yusuk, a teacher at The Hub Saidek Youth Club, said the Covid-19 pandemic has forced many poor, rural families to migrate to Bangkok in search of jobs.
Members of the club had met about 60 children aged between 5 and 12 while offering donations of food and disinfectant gel to their families, at its base in Pomprap Sattruphai district, where volunteers also provide…
