We are forced to follow up and ask their parents or guardians whether or not their children will sit for the exams," Ms Baby Tambuko, the head teacher at Nyamongo Primary School said. Some of these school children have joined gangs who sneak into the mine to gather gold sand, putting their young lives at risk. But it is not only the children who are in danger. A large number of women including grandmothers taking care of their orphaned grandchildren are some of the desperate souls trying to eke a living.
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