Education

The Cause:

Education

The Facts:

• Among boys and girls of primary school age in Haiti, only around 50% are actually attending school (48% of boys, 52% of girls).
• Attendance numbers drops drastically for secondary school, hovering around 20% (18% of boys, 21% of girls). (Source: http://www.unicef.org/infobycountry/haiti_statistics.html#77)

The Project:

Plan promotes reading and writing skills for primary school children in Haiti by providing portable libraries and teacher training.

The Details:

Reading and writing are essential skills that should be part of every child's tool kit as they enter into adulthood. But in Haiti, ensuring that each child graduates from primary school is still a challenge. In fact, only about half of all children do!

The Cause:

Education and girls' rights

The Facts:

• South Sudan is the world's youngest country. It separated from Sudan on July 9, 2011 after the population voted for independence. (Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Sudan)
• More than 20 years of civil war in South Sudan decimated infrastructure and social institutions, leaving thousands of children without access to schools, basic health care and clean water. (Source: project document)
• Less than 30% of people older than 15 in South Sudan can read and write. (Source:http://siteresources.worldbank.org/INTSUDAN/Resources/Key-Indicators-SS.pdf)
• Access to education for boys and girls is uneven: 55% of young men aged 15-24 can read and write, while only 28% of young women in this age group can. (Source:http://siteresources.worldbank.org/INTSUDAN/Resources/Key-Indicators-SS.pdf)

The Project:

Building two new schools and training teachers is part of this plan to help children in South Sudan fulfill their right to education!

The cause:

Education and Poverty

The facts:

• Educated girls grow up healthier, marry later and raise fewer, healthier, more educated children.
• Women who succeed economically are more likely to spend earnings on medical care and education for their children. They also have a greater sense of self-worth, increased confidence, and believe in their right to make decisions about their own lives.
• But in Senegal, only 31% of the population (and just 16% of girls) attend school beyond the primary level.
• 40% of boys and 55% of girls are illiterate.

The project:

Education and economic security, both part of this project, are two essential ingredients for children, youth and families to break the cycle of intergenerational poverty.

The details:

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The cause:

Education and Poverty

The facts:

• More than 400,000 children in Rwanda are not attending school.
• Less than half of those who do go to school will actually complete their education.
• 35% of Rwandan families withdraw their children from school because they can

The cause:

Education, Poverty and Girls' Rights

The facts:

• Only 46% of boys and 40% of girls regularly attend primary school in Mali.
• Even less - 23% of boys and 17% of girls - go on to study at secondary school.
• In most primary schools, there is only one textbook for every 3 students.
• Girls are half as likely as boys to be able to read and write.
• More than half of Mali's population lives below the poverty line, living on less than US$1.25 per day.

The project:

Children, youth, women and men received skills, economic resources and quality education to enable greater household economic security in Mali.

The cause:

Education

The facts:

• Only 67% of boys aged 15 to 24 in Guinea are able to read and write. Among girls the same age, that number drops to 51%.
• 76% of all school-aged boys are enrolled in primary school. 66% of girls the same age are enrolled.
• 34% of boys and 21% of girls are enrolled in high school.
• Government instability and challenges to democracy in Guinea cause disruptions in children

Project Gift of Hope item(s): 

The cause:

Education and Poverty

The facts:

• Only 42% of school age children in Ethiopia complete primary school.
• Only 38% go on to secondary school.
• 39% of people in Ethiopia live in poverty, surviving on less than US$1.25 per day.

The project:

To help end poverty in four regions of Ethiopia, Plan teamed up with the Canadian International Development Agency to provide primary education and tools for entering the workforce for children and youth.

The details:

To start with, Plan built a place for children and youth in Ethiopia to learn: three schools, 10 resource centres and 15 libraries. Since lack of clean water and sanitation facilities, including toilets and latrines, are a barrier to school attendance, Plan also made sure to include those in their blueprints. A total of six latrine blocks and 13 clean water wells were built at different primary schools.

Project Gift of Hope item(s): 

One of the main purposes of the reading centre is to provide adolescents in the area with a safe space for them to be with their friends, and to help protect them from being