Why are We Building Tomorrow?
According to the UNDP, more than 38 million children in sub-Saharan Africa wake up each morning without a school to attend. Many countries throughout sub-Saharan Africa have initiated Universal Primary Education programs, guaranteeing a free education to every child; yet lack the financial means to construct enough schools to meet the demand. In many cases, this results in students walking miles to get to a “school” in a neighboring community, scribbling their lessons in the dirt for lack of proper learning materials or even gathering under a tree to learn.
Furthermore, the World Bank states that learning inside of a well-built school raises the standard deviation of student achievement in sub-Saharan Africa by ten percentage points. And, that the single most important element of infrastructure that contributes to higher teacher attendance at school in sub-Saharan Africa is a well-built latrine.
Investing in education is the single most effective means of reducing poverty.
As long as there are children in our world with a desire to learn and no place to do so; we will continue Building Tomorrow.
to put it in perspective…
If every student in the red states below was not in school, that would equal the number of children in sub-Saharan Africa who wake up every day with no school to attend. Sound OK to you? We don’t think so, either.
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“Education is the key to unlocking the door that will eradicate poverty.”
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