The lack of government support of public education in the DRC is an inexplicable failure that severely exacerbates levels of poverty and child labor in the country. At just five or six dollars a month, the fees per child required to keep schools functional are so small that even a modest amount of funding could help solve the problem. Put another way, the monthly fees per child required to keep Congolese children in school and out of mines was equal to two Primus beers at Taverne La Bavière. As I left, the officials ordered a third round.
