Like so many young people in Myanmar, Ko Zaw Htun left school early to find work. His family could not afford the cost of textbooks and transportation, and they needed the money he would earn with a job. Since he was 11 years old, he’s been steering motorboats up and down the Yangon River, ferrying dock workers and street vendors to and fro. At age 29 he’s still working the same job, from 4 a.m. to 8 p.m. daily, earning about $40 a week. Ko Zaw Htun is married, with three young children, and hopes his girls will be able to stay in school—so they can have “a better future.”
Posted on: Wed, 19 Mar 2014 02:48:23 +0000
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