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Nov. 23 - As the worst drought in decades ravishes the Horn of Africa, Ethiopia is taking steps to avoid repeating the devastating famine of the 1980s.
The drought in East Africa is the worst in 60 years - and when food is scarce, infants and children are the most vulnerable. With your support, Plan can continue to provide nutritious food, clean water, school meals, seeds, livestock and fertilizers to thousands more people in Ethiopia, Kenya, and South Sudan.
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Nov. 23 - As the worst drought in decades ravishes the Horn of Africa, Ethiopia is taking steps to avoid repeating the devastating famine of the 1980s.
The drought in East Africa is the worst in 60 years - and when food is scarce, infants and children are the most vulnerable. With your support, Plan can continue to provide nutritious food, clean water, school meals, seeds, livestock and fertilizers to thousands more people in Ethiopia, Kenya, and South Sudan.
A brighter future in Africa Eleven-year-old Abera remembers when each day was a struggle for families in his Ethiopian village. A drought in Eastern Africa had dried up more than the water.
Food and jobs were also scarce. Clean water was often a 10-mile trek away, and farmers like Abera’s father couldn’t always support their families. Classrooms were also in short supply, and few parents could afford the schools supplies their children needed. Like millions in Africa, Abera’s family was caught in a cycle of poverty. But when child sponsorship arrived in their community, life dramatically improved for these families. “Sponsors are good to us,” says Abera, whose family received much-needed food aid to keep them from going hungry when harvests in Eastern Africa were poor.
Sponsorship has also helped provide Abera’s community with access to clean water. “Now, thanks to World Vision, our villagers no longer travel long distances [for water],” he says. World Vision also helped build new schools to give children — including Abera and his five siblings — the chance to learn and thrive. Abera knows that without sponsorship, life would be different. He values the meaningful connection with his sponsor, and is very thankful that he is "able to attend school, drink clean water, [and] get proper medication."
This is a start.
Education
Providing a child with an education, particularly a girl, gives them the opportunity to reach their full potential and help lift their communities out of poverty.
Plan's goal: children and youth will realize their right to quality educationEducation is a fundamental human right and vital to achieving economic growth, increasing income, and sustaining a healthy society. Education is important in helping to improve lives, break the cycle of poverty and ensure that all people, particularly women have control over their destiny.
Despite global progress, 75 million primary school-aged children are still out of school – over half of whom are girls(Source: EFA Global Monitoring Report 2008).
There are many reasons children do not go to school or stay until they are done. They may have to walk a long distance to get to school, have no food to eat at home, there is no teacher or they have to take care of a younger brother or sister.
Plan is committed to ensuring that all girls and boys are able to realize their full potential. We know that children will flourish if they are able to go school, stay there until they finish and learn the basic skills of literacy, mathematics, life skills and critical thinking in a supportive setting. We help them to do this by supporting education initiatives. We work in communities across the globe for the long term, getting to know their needs so we can better help them. This long term assistance also means we are ready to respond when a humanitarian crisis appears.
Plan has three priority areas where we focus our attention and education resources.
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Despite global progress, 75 million primary school-aged children are still out of school – over half of whom are girls(Source: EFA Global Monitoring Report 2008).
There are many reasons children do not go to school or stay until they are done. They may have to walk a long distance to get to school, have no food to eat at home, there is no teacher or they have to take care of a younger brother or sister.
Plan is committed to ensuring that all girls and boys are able to realize their full potential. We know that children will flourish if they are able to go school, stay there until they finish and learn the basic skills of literacy, mathematics, life skills and critical thinking in a supportive setting. We help them to do this by supporting education initiatives. We work in communities across the globe for the long term, getting to know their needs so we can better help them. This long term assistance also means we are ready to respond when a humanitarian crisis appears.
Plan has three priority areas where we focus our attention and education resources.
- Improving access to education
- Improving quality of education
- Improving governance and management of education
What does your support provide?
Plan invests more in basic education than in any other program area. Your support to our education programs provides children, teachers, their families or caregivers and communities with the infrastructure, training, tools, services and support they need for a better education. With your support we can provide:- Quality daycare centers and elementary schools;
- Classroom equipment and furniture;
- Teaching and learning materials, including current textbooks, maps, globes, teaching manuals, writing supplies, chalkboards, etc.;
- Playgrounds and other recreational areas for children;
- Training for teachers, principals, and child care providers;
- Training of parent-teacher associations and school management committees.
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