Help a community in Africa build their own school

Why education?

  • 75 million children are not enrolled in primary school.
  • 776 million adults cannot read or write.

Poverty is both the cause and the end result.

A few facts about the benefits of education

  • In Zambia, AIDS spreads twice as fast among populations of uneducated girls.
  • Each additional year of education increases an individual’s income by approximately 10%
  • Stunted growth due to malnutrition in the under fives drops by up to 25% where mothers have had a primary education.
  • Infant mortality rates can fall by over 50% where mothers have had a secondary education.
  • In Mozabique, only 40% of children born to mothers with no formal education are vaccinated against TB, measles and polio. 100% of children born to mothers educated to secondary level in the same country are vaccinated.

Source: 2009 Education For All (EFA) Monitoring Report

In short education reduces the chance of HIV/AIDs, increase income and reduce child mortality. It’s the best way to break the cycle of poverty. Education is the best gift you can ever give. Please help.