Training to learn how to sew for a living.
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Many orphans don't go to school so they need to learn a trade
like sewing to be able to buy clothes and food.
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Young boys are taught how to work with their hands.
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The hand-stitched embroidery is sold overseas.
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There are several schools set up to train orphans and feed them.
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Some of the boys are trained to work on the sewing machines.
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Much of our attention is given to girls because they
are the most susceptible to the effects of poverty.
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Many of the children are left as orphans at a very young age.
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Scholarships are provided for orphans so they can go to school.
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Small children are left to care for their even smaller siblings.
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Feeding centers are one of the only ways
some of these children are fed.
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Congolese children love to sing.
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Many orphans live on the streets of congo.
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Because there are so many children, make shift schools are constructed.
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Children are hand selected to be fed by
local feedings centers because there are too many to feed them all.
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Children are fed rice and beans at the feeding centers.
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These children are like many that walk the streets alone.
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Education is the key to ending the cycle of poverty.
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