-Thanks for getting involved in Sport Relief this year.
You'll be making a huge difference
to children across the world who live in poverty.
In this film, you'll meet Raymond, who's a teenager.
He's your age.
A boy whose family is so poor he spends 16 hours a week
working in a dangerous goldmine.
There are over 215 million children
in the world that have to work because they're very poor.
The money they earn helps them to survive.
These children work in all types of jobs, some of which
are very dangerous, like quarrying, factory work, brick
making, and mining.
In sub-Saharan Africa, one in four children is involved
in child labour.
This is the story of one boy in Ghana.
Hello, my name is Raymond.
-Five cedis is about one pound 50.
The money helps his family buy basic items,
such as food, medicines, and things for school.
Without this money, his family would struggle to survive,
so he has to go back to the mine and work another eight hour
day.
-Raymond combines long and heavy work in the mines
with going to school.
-Going to school and learning means
that children living in poverty have a chance
to change their lives.
Getting a good education means that Raymond,
and all other working children, can get better jobs
when they leave school.
This would improve their own and their families' futures.
Thanks to you, money raised through Sport Relief
helps to fund the project that is improving education
in Raymond's community.
They're training teachers and helping families
keep their children in school.
But there are still loads of working children
in the world who don't have the opportunity to go to school.
And this Sport Relief, we need your help
to give them an education so they have a chance
to change their lives, too.
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-Thank you.