Education Archives - End Child Poverty

International Day for the Eradication of Poverty, 17 October 2020

What is the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty (IDEP)? The International Day for the Eradication of Poverty (IDEP) is a day for awareness, activism, and advocacy actions against poverty, marked every year on 17th October. This year’s 2020 IDEP theme is, Acting Together To Achieve Social And Environmental Justice For All. Social and environmental justice ensures a world in which […]

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Phase Two of the Nepal Poverty Solutions Inaugurated

In the News / By Joyce Owiyo

The second phase of the Nepal Poverty Solutions was inaugurated in Dang, the Western part of Nepal. The initiative is expected to reach to over 500 children in the region, through the 10 child ambassadors selected during the inauguration.

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Youth, Employment and Skills, Have they Evolved?

Blog / By Joyce Owiyo

For decades, countries from all corners of the world have grappled with issues facing what is undeniably one of the most vulnerable group of people on this planet-the youth. According to a recent survey by Population Reference Bureau, the population of the youth – people aged between 15 and 24 – stands at about 1.2

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Empowering girls against Gender Based Violence through Education.

Blog / By Joyce Owiyo

Sustainable Development Goals represent a worldwide commitment to ending poverty, protecting the environment and promoting peace and prosperity. Progress on many of the goals including good health and wellbeing, gender equality and reduced inequalities could be achieved by ending Gender Based Violence (GBV). When women and girls are able to live healthy, safe lives free

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Africa needs a revolutionary in Education

Blog / By Joyce Owiyo

Poverty levels are also closely linked to gender disparities in education. A comparison of male and female out-of-school rates shows that in low-income countries females are more likely to be out of school than males, while the opposite can be observed in high-income countries. The countries with the highest out-of-school rates also tend to be among the

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7 Reasons Why Child Poverty Matters (Part 2)

Blog / By Nyambura Gichuki

Child Poverty is perhaps the worst form of lack and violence that children in our societies face today. It is estimated that, 1 in every 2 children in our world today are affected by poverty. We give 7 reasons why child poverty deserves urgent attention by each one of us.

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From Copper to Gold

Blog / By Joyce Owiyo

The Role of Education and the Contribution of Faith Communities, Part I. Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. It is a personal routine that whenever I travel out of the capital city Addis Ababa (Ethiopia) I make a point of visiting the Baha’i friends and enjoying listening to their personal and communal spiritual journeys. This past month I

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Reading the Past, Writing the Future

Blog / By clarian.makungu

Illiteracy around the globe traps individuals “in a cycle of poverty with limited opportunities for employment or income generation,” – WLF According to a report by the World Literacy Foundation (WLF), 10 % of the world’s population is either completely or functionally illiterate, meaning they can’t perform basic tasks like reading a label or balancing

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These 8 Simple Things Are Keeping Millions Of Girls Out Of School

World News On Poverty / By Nyambura Gichuki

Vansa loves school. Her eyes lit up as she told me (author, Sara Rossi) about how she dreamed of becoming a physician so she could help her community of Ggaba, a low-income area just south of Uganda’s capital, Kampala. “I’m smarter than the boys in my class,” the 13-year-old stated proudly, “and I get better

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Phase Two of the Nepal Poverty Solutions Inaugurated

Youth, Employment and Skills, Have they Evolved?

Empowering girls against Gender Based Violence through Education.

Africa needs a revolutionary in Education

7 Reasons Why Child Poverty Matters (Part 2)

From Copper to Gold

Reading the Past, Writing the Future

These 8 Simple Things Are Keeping Millions Of Girls Out Of School

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