Knowledge and information is power.
There is a direct and irrefutable link between education and poverty.
UNESCO undertook research that showed if all adults received two more years of schooling or completed secondary school, it would lift nearly 60 million people out of poverty.
Keeping girls in school also reduces the risk of forced early marriage, which can have devastating life-long consequences.
But there are many barriers to receiving an education.
Our work helps to break down the barriers that keep children, especially girls, from going to school and offers adults the opportunity to attend literacy workshops to help lift them out of hunger and poverty.
Meanwhile, we’re working to increase digital equality through innovative partnerships with Microsoft and Bluetown. Access to information is a powerful tool against hunger and poverty.
220,000
adults have enrolled in adult literacy in Africa since 1999
53,160
people have been trained in Safe School for Girls workshops in Bangladesh
547,063
Animators (volunteer leaders) have been trained in literacy and education in Africa since 2011
Food & Nutrition
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18,705
children receiving weight or nutrition monitoring in 2022
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1,005
children with a nursery school food program in 2022
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27,295
People trained in nutrition and food processing in 2022
Equality & Empowerment
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2,000,000
people have participated in our Vision, Action and Commitment workshops across all of our Program Countries since 2008
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1,100,000
People have participated in HIV/AIDS and gender inequality workshops in Africa since 2008
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531,094
women have participated in our leadership training since 2008
Education & Digital Equality
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220,000
adults have enrolled in adult literacy in Africa since 1999
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53,160
people have been trained in Safe School for Girls workshops in Bangladesh
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16,555
Animators (volunteer leaders) have been trained in literacy and education in Africa since 1999
Water & Health
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992,043
children vaccinated in Africa since 1999
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58,895
People trained in water and hygiene program globally in 2022
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198,660
Bed nets to prevent malaria distributed
Climate & Environment
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112,228
People trained in climate adaptation workshops since 2008
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42,245
people trained in food security in 2022
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16,360
Women trained in climate adaptation workshops in 2022