Children at school!

End of October 2008 report: After state school holiday finished, 169 of Riverkids’ children (including the old and new students in state school) were sent to schools again. The registration was over after happening for a month. Our children go to 8 different schools.

Meanwhile, the result of the old year study of our children was so good. Now the number of children going to state school and the number of children coming to Riverkids Foundation are increasing rapidly.

Even though, there are 15 children who have dropped out from state schools. The Education Department in Riverkids Foundation has already sent this report to its Social Department to follow up this case.

Moreover, there are 33 more children registered into Riverkids Foundation in this year, 2008 – 2009, (28 children come to Kindergarten Class and 5 Children come to Blum Project in Riverkids Foundation)

Finally, all of our children who are studying in Steven House and Blum Project can go to state school and the process of their studying is now going so well.

Total Children in School
169: Dropped out: 15. Old Project: 21. Blum and Steven House: 133

Total: New Children coming to Riverkids this year
33 (Kindergarten: 28. Blum: 5, they have already sent to state school this year)

It is sadly pretty common for the children in our program to drop out of school for a month or switch to another school or sometimes, just run away. This doesn't remove them from our program, but pretty much pushes them even higher up our priority list. The social workers visit families and work to get them back on track.