Forced to drop out: Yemen’s children trade school for survival

A generation of Yemeni children is abandoning classrooms for work, as a decade of conflict makes survival the only lesson left to learn. | Contesto: cronaca

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In the shattered landscape of Yemen, the relentless grind of nearly a decade of conflict has forced millions of children to make an impossible choice: attend school or secure their family's next meal. For a generation growing up under bombardment and blockade, the classroom has become a distant memory, replaced by the urgent, daily labor of survival. The United Nations estimates that over two million children are now out of school, a number that has swelled as economic collapse and infrastructural ruin have made education an unaffordable luxury for families pushed to the brink. The collapse of Yemen's education system is a direct consequence of a war that shows no sign of abating. Schools have not been spared from the violence; hundreds have been damaged or destroyed by airstrikes and shelling, while many others have been repurposed as shelters for displaced families or commandeered by armed groups. For the buildings that remain standing, the lack of security on the roads makes the journey to school perilous. Teachers, unpaid for years due to the collapse of the state payroll, have been forced to abandon their professions to feed their own families, leaving classrooms empty and silent. This mass exodus from education is creating a catastrophic ripple effect across society. Children as young as seven are now commonplace in the informal labor market, scavenging for scrap metal, begging at intersections, or working long hours in fields and shops. The psychological toll is immense, with trauma from violence and displacement compounding the loss of childhood structure and hope. "When you ask a child here what he wants to be when he grows up, he looks at you blankly," reported a teacher from Sana'a, now displaced himself. "His world does not extend beyond finding enough food for today." The economic stranglehold on the country is the primary driver pushing children into work. With currency devaluation and hyperinflation, the income of an average family covers less than a quarter of its basic needs. Parents, facing starvation, have little alternative but to send their children to work. The loss of a child's small income can mean the difference between eating and not...

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