Asia Insight — Season 1, Episode 6: Mongolia's Forgotten Slum Dwellers
Documentary, News • 28 min • 15 seasons, 469 episodes
Episode synopsis
More and more people from rural areas are moving to the slum district of Mongolia's capital, in search of a better life. Migrant children are often forced to give up school and work collecting garbage to support their families. This episode of Asia Insight depicts their lives and the dedication of a former slum dweller who is now helping to get them back to school.
About Asia Insight
An in-depth portrait of Asia today, covering its dynamism as a center of growth as well as its traditions tossed around by the advance of globalization.
More episodes from Season 1
- E1Migrants Gain Upper Hand
- E2Indonesia's First National Car
- E3Diversifying Shanghai
- E4Vietnam's Court Music Revival
- E5Writers Fight Publishing Ban in HK
- E7The "80's Writers" in China
- E8Hydropower for Indonesian Villagers
- E9Energy-Hungry Nepal
- E10China's Job-Hunting Inn
- E11The Year of the Dragon Baby Boom
- E12The Dancing Prisoners
- E13Singing Out for Change in China