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Dongguan/CHINA 04 Sep 2009
Migrant workers in China choose children's education over economy
A migrant child volunteers to clean the sunroom of Dongzhu elementary school which oversees the adjacent factory town, Dongguan, Guangdong, China, June 11, 2009. Neighboring factories and worker's dormitories, Dongzhu is a private elementary school cater to migrant workers' children. Hit by the global recession, Dongguan, a major manufacture town in southern China, has seen many laid-off migrant workers returned to their home villages. Other migrant workers, however, prefer to stay for the better and continuous education of their kids, even with looming pay-cut and unemployment.
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