1.0World Vision Advocacyhttps://www.worldvisionadvocacy.orgKatie Taylorhttps://www.worldvisionadvocacy.org/author/kataylor/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="VcZMaJ0LGG"><a href="https://www.worldvisionadvocacy.org/2019/09/17/what-is-the-keeping-girls-in-school-act/world-visions-child-protection-program-in-bangladesh-joytuns-story/">World Vision’s Child Protection Program in Bangladesh – Joytun’s story</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.worldvisionadvocacy.org/2019/09/17/what-is-the-keeping-girls-in-school-act/world-visions-child-protection-program-in-bangladesh-joytuns-story/embed/#?secret=VcZMaJ0LGG" width="600" height="338" title="“World Vision’s Child Protection Program in Bangladesh – Joytun’s story” — World Vision Advocacy" data-secret="VcZMaJ0LGG" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); /* ]]> */ </script> https://live-advocacy.d2.worldvision.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/D030-0820-143.jpg800534Joytun, age 16, works on her homework inside her family's home. To her left, her family's vision board hangs on the wall. See also D030-0789 from 2017. Summary: Joytun, age 16, has seen more than her share of pain and suffering in her young life. First her mother, Shahanaz, had a stroke, which meant that Joytun had to leave school and go to work in a bakery. When she returned home, she had to care for her partially paralyzed mother. “She was overwhelmed all the time,” says Shahanaz. Co-workers shouted at Joytun when she couldn’t work fast enough. They would scold her saying, “Is this a house of your father or mother? Are we here to relax?” And then one day during a break, she went to get something to eat and open flame caused her scarf to burst into flames. She was burned from her face down to her hips. Joytun received some treatment at a missionary hospital, but the staff there wanted to send her overseas where she could receive skin grafts. Shahanaz feared that Joytun might be adopted while overseas so they snuck away from the hospital. World Vision learned about Joytun’s struggles and got her started visiting their Child Friendly Learning and Recreation Center (CFLRC). They had opened the centers as part of their child protection program in Bangladesh. “My first impression was that I am in a different world,” Joytun says about visiting the center. “I was in a world of dreams. I wanted to be there all the time.” World Vision also helped Shahanaz set up a small grocery business right in front of their home. Joytun helps out when she’s out of school. This business plus a small firewood business bring in as much money as what Joytun and her older brother used to make. In April 2017, Joytun was able to return to school. She enrolled in grade 8. But because she’d been out of school for two years, she found herself lagging behind in her studies. She compared herself to her friends who had been able to stay in school. She saw them suc