"Education for girls is the future of Africa", Angelique Kidjo, founder of the Batonga project says. Education can totally change the life of a young girl living in Africa by giving her invaluable information about protecting herself from HIV and AIDS, allowing her to develop skills to escape the cycle of poverty, and thus, giving the next generation a leg up in the world. 

"Give girls a chance. End child labor."

 On Friday, June 12th of this year, we will be celebrating the World Day Against Child Labor under the title “Give girls a Chance: End child labor.”

Children are protected from child labor by a number of international conventions, including the Convention on the Rights of the Child, which was adopted by the United Nations in 1989 and has been ratified by 193 countries, except the US, as of June 10th of 2009.

But still, according to UNICEF, an estimated 158 million children aged 5-14 are engaged in child labor -one in six children in the world. And if we add children between the ages of 15 and 17, the total number of children who work increases to 218 million. Many of them suffer the worst forms of exploitation, including slavery, prostitution and pornography. Others are involved in hazardous situations, such as working with chemicals and pesticides in agriculture or working with dangerous machinery.

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This video highlights a component of the World Education/Egypt Education Reform Program (ERP). Working with the Board of Trustees (BOT) from 240 schools, ERP improved the relationship between the schools and community, including civil society organizations and parents to work in partnership to improve the schools/classroom environments. T

World Education made the jump to a beautiful, designed web feature instead of a traditional, printed annual report. The design was created by our in-house design and web gurus, Marina Blanter & Tessa Magnuson. Take a moment now to view the 2008 World Education Annual Report web feature.

(World Education will print these reports on demand only. For your own copy, please visit www.worlded.org)

The American Public Health Association (APHA) sponsors National Public Health Week each year in April. This year, APHA has posted an interesting list of questions on why public health matters. Join the discussion!

1) What does public health mean to you?
2) What does public health mean to Americans?
3) What is the value of public health?
4) What challenges face public health?
5) What public health challenges should President Obama & his administration make top priorities?
6) What is the greatest public health success (historically speaking)?
7) Can you share a personal public health success story (through your life, work, education, etc.)?
8) Why should Americans care about public health?
9) Why is public health relevant? Take a moment and reply to any or all of these questions.

For inspiration, view APHA's video responses.

Finally, view the fantastic video APHA created to answer the question: "What is public health?"

The World Education Bantwana Project haspresented 10 schools with E200 000.
Each school received E20 000 in the presentation held at the Tum’s George Hotel yesterday. World Education Bantwana Country Director Thulani Earnshaw said the
schools were selected to pilot the Bantwana Schools Intergrated Programme that works with school committees and schools to provide a
range of comprehensive services for orphans and vulnerable children.

On that note, Thulani Earnshaw applauded Siphofaneni High Schoolfor ensuring that the
vegetable garden project belonging to an orphaned child from the school
was a success.

The Bantwana Initiative ('children' in Zulu) helps
children orphaned and made vulnerable by AIDS access the full range of
support and comprehensive care they need to grow into healthy adults.
Orphaned
and vulnerable children do best when they are supported and cared for
in their own communities, among extended families, friends, and
neighbors. Yet available resources are not getting to where they are
most needed—to communities where these children live.
By
building the skills, resources and networks of local programs already
caring for orphaned and vulnerable children, Bantwana offers a
different way of thinking, testing, and scaling efforts that will shape
the next generation of Africa’s youth.

The message conveyed in this short clip demonstrates one of the driving forces behind World Education's global effort to provide education for girls who would not otherwise have access to it. Please take a moment to watch & comment.

http://www.girleffect.org/#/home/

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