For many parents in Sudan, sending their children to school is a luxury they simply cannot afford.
And for some, survival depends on sending their children to work from an early age.
However, this situation is now changing, with the government pledging to provide education for every child by the year 2015.
Al Jazeera's Imran Khan reports.
News24 : "Rustenburg - The unemployed man who built a helicopter from recycled material outside his shack in the Siza informal settlement near Rustenburg is beaming with excitement after News24 users offered to change his life."