"I Still See the Talibés Begging"
Author | : Lauren Seibert |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 40 |
Release | : 2017 |
ISBN-10 | : 1623134951 |
ISBN-13 | : 9781623134952 |
Rating | : 4/5 (51 Downloads) |
Download or read book "I Still See the Talibés Begging" written by Lauren Seibert and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Across Senegal, more than 50,000 talibé children living in traditional Quranic boarding schools, or daaras, are forced to beg for daily quotas of money, rice or sugar by their Quranic teachers. The children are often beaten, chained, bound, and subjected to other forms of abuse. In June 2016, the Senegalese government demonstrated meaningful political will by introducing a new program to "remove children from the streets" and crack down on forced child begging. One year later, the program - implemented exclusively in Dakar - has hardly made a dent in the alarming numbers of children subject to exploitation, abuse and neglect daily. ... [This report], based on interviews with more than 90 people conducted in Dakar, in Saint-Louis and by phone, examines the successes and failings of the first year of the program"--Page 4 of cover.