Getting kids into the classroom

  • 1998-09-10
  • By Katya Cengel
A new charity organization, whose president grew up in an orphanage, hopes to help orphan and neglected children attend school, as Katya Cengel reports.The start of this school year will not find all children sitting behind desks. Last year, 1,604 children in Latvia were unable to attend school. Due to unemployment and tough economic times this year, the number could be even higher. Andris Lusis, president of an organization called Heart Voice which was founded in May, is attempting to gather support for children who don't have the means to go to school.The organization's first project was...
 
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