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Chinese Families in Poverty, from UNICEF

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Watch this UNICEF video about escaping poverty on HowStuffWorks. Children all over China are forced to drop out of school to help tend the fields, but thanks to a grant from the Government, some families are subsidizing farming families to allow their children to go back to school. See how higher education helps get families out of poverty in this video from UNICEF.

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