Guatemala''s stone breakers

Video: Guatemala’s stone-breakers

 

 
 Educating child stone-breakers in Guatemala 
 

The United Nations reports that more than half of Guatemalan children live in poverty.

The situation is even worse in rural areas where many children are denied access to education and forced to make a living as stone-breakers instead.

The government is now offering incentives to lure children back to the classroom.

Al Jazeera’s Teresa Bo reports from Retahuleu.