Sunday 12 February 2012

The right to learn a trade

The right to learn a trade is one of the 12 rights declared by the African Movement for Working Children and Youth (AMWCY). World Comics Finland was requested to run a grassroots comics workshop for AMWCY members in Benin, in 2005.
The boy has to stop going to school as his parents cannot afford to buy school materials. The organisation AMWCY finds him an apprenticeship to learn the trade of a tailor. Later he opens a tailor shop. Story and artwork: Ms. Romaine Dieng, Enda Jeunesse, Dakar.

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