1. By Will Kepler United Arab Comparing…

2.  1.5% of children are at work without pay  Usually they smuggle items across the border  Education is needed to extinct child labor  Major cause of child labor- poverty  Another cause- more than 83,000 homeless kids in Riyadh A young girl shoveling soil and rocks

3.  Child beggars are usually at traffic lights  Mainly located at religious cities  Most beggars are from different country & begging illegally  Many shelters take in child beggars  Shelters feed, educate and care  3,500+ kids arrested per month for illegally entering country A child putting her hand out to beg

4.  Public education-free  Schools split by gender  Memorize the Qur’an  Literacy rate risen over 20% in last twenty years  Government spends lots of money on schools *The Qur’an is the Islamic bible; like the torah to the Jewish religion A shelter providing education for children

5.  Relates to girls only  Lives are being destroyed  It is not illegal  Parents encourage child marriage for money  Some girls get sold to older men only for money  Average age for child marriage is 5-15 A man in his late 50’s is married to a 12 year old girl

6.  96% of people are Islamic  4% of people are Christian and Hinduism  Believe in one god named Allah  Everybody is Muslim  Pray to Ka’abah fives time a day  Recite Qur’an daily A holy place in Saudi Arabia where people pray.

7.  2 years of kindergarten  Boys/Girls go to different schools  After kindergarten, intermediate school  Then to secondary school  Secondary school has more options of learning  If kids do not go to school; they work or beg for money Children lining up to see where they are going to class

8.  Stay inside for summers since summers can reach up to 100 degrees  Play with friends inside at house or a mall  Not the best place to raise a child  Amount of pollution is high  Traffic is very bad in most places  Can take hours to get to places This is a child with a camel. In 2002 some children were camel jockeys, but now it is banned because of child abuse. *A child jockey is a job where you take care of a horse and race with them

9.  Dominant religion is Islamic  Illegal in UAE to spread ideas that are not from the Islamic religion  People pray at churches  About 30 churches throughout the UAE  A law guarantees religious freedom The Islamic holy book. Many people read this and study it like a bible.

10.  Children here get much more fun time than other countries  The UAE is very wealthy so they have many exciting places to see  Children can go to huge malls  Or adventure parks  Children here also have more freedom A water park which kids can access daily for recreational purposes.

11.  Kindergarten through 12 th grade prepares for college  Lot’s of good universities are opening in the UAE which children can access  Most children want to go to school (survey says)  Many programs to help students (Zayed Univ.)  Zayed Univ. helps many schools and has over 30 helpers for each grade  60% of students go to public schools A student getting tips from her teacher while drawing.

12.  Most children speak the Arabic language  Schools have a wide range of subjects to learn  Most private schools are expensive for the family  Once you finish elementary school, you move onto higher education  There are primary and secondary schools  Secondary schools are better and take more of a commitment A girl in a painting class, painting a cartoon.

13.  Never allowed to eat or drink pork and alcohol  Usual child goes to school and comes home  After school they either have after school activities or play with friends  A popular meal is lamb, rice and dates with lemonade or tea  Another usual meal is onions stuffed with meat and rice  Most children live in apartments or a farm This is a boy swimming in a local pool having fun.

14.  Child marriage is one of the main problems  Child begging is another problem  Child labor is also sad and should be stopped Saudi Arabia -The pollution is bad for your body if you inhale too much -The summer is too hot to play outside or exercise -The traffic makes it hard to get to places United Arab Emirates

15. -Before 1960 girls were homeschooled only with a tutor -The girls would watch a recorded lecture from the boys session -There was not as much child marriages and now there is many more -In the 1950’s there were not many schools at all -Literacy rate went up approximately 40% from 1975 -10 years ago there were very few programs who help students; now there are a lot Saudi ArabiaUnited Arab Emirates A child in Saudi Arabia A photo of child who is a model. Another opportunity others do not have.

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