Migrant children of Dongzhu elementary school gather under its motto "a modern education that aims outward, to the future", 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.