Sekolah Kami

Breakinng the Cycle of Poverty for Trash-Pickers’ Children through Education

cropped-logo_ie_99.jpgIssue #118, 20 May 2014

Story & Photography by Gail G. Collins

As we approached the school to volunteer our time, girls swept with rush brooms and boys tidied up. They are used to picking up trash; many are the children of pemulung (scavengers). But their actions represent more than that. This is Sekolah Kami, or Our School in Indonesian, and these children have a sense of pride in their school that other students might take for granted. Continue reading “Sekolah Kami”