By Cory Rogers, Communication Officer
Lampung: Last year, Yosua watched as, one after another, his friends began dropping out of school.
Erratic rains were causing rice crops either to wither, or to drown, and with the drop in yields, many families could no longer afford school fees.
“My father said we had to fight for my education,” Yosua says in his home village of Panggungrejo in southern Sumatra Island. “So I stayed in school.”
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| Yosua, 14, from Pringsewu, Lampung © Cory Rogers / UNICEF / 2017 |
Erratic rains were causing rice crops either to wither, or to drown, and with the drop in yields, many families could no longer afford school fees.
“My father said we had to fight for my education,” Yosua says in his home village of Panggungrejo in southern Sumatra Island. “So I stayed in school.”
