Since June, extreme weather and heavy rainfall has led to massive flooding across East, Southeast, and South Asia. In Southeast Asia, according to news reports, more Cambodians, Laotians and Vietnamese have died this year as a result of flooding than as a result of the coronavirus pandemic. As a first step to responding to this […]
Archives for October 2020
International Day of the Girl 2020: Girls’ education must be prioritized in the wake of coronavirus crisis
Whether political, economic, health, natural disaster or conflict-related, crises systematically exacerbate existing inequalities around the world. Today, on International Day of the Girl 2020, we share some of the increasing inequalities experienced by girls due to the Covid-19 pandemic and suggest how education can mitigate these. Coincidentally, 2020 should have been a year of celebration […]
International Day of the Girl 2020: Covid-19 likely to set back girls’ education by decades
As we mark International Day of the Girl 2020 (11 October), Aide et Action wishes to highlight the seriousness of the threat Covid-19 poses to girls’ education and to urge nations to keep their commitments to ensure all girls are guaranteed access to 12 years of free education, as provided for by Sustainable Development Goal 4 (SDG4). Across […]
Education heals, empowers, and includes
Since May 2020, Aide et Action has been running an international awareness campaign entitled “Education changes our lives”, made up of three components “Education Heals[AM1] “, “Education Empowers” and “Education Includes”. Through a web-documentary series, Aide et Action aims to show the impact of education on all areas of life, from health to gender equality to […]
Cambodia: “The coronavirus crisis has led me to develop more flexible learning strategies”
As we celebrate World Teachers’ Day on 5 October 2020, we’d like to highlight their essential role in quality education. In the context of the current global crisis, many have had to adapt and reinvent the way they work. Chandy teaches children with disabilities in Cambodia and over the last six months, the impact of […]
Teachers on the honour roll during coronavirus crisis!
In the face of the COVID-19 pandemic, teachers have shown incredible self-sacrifice to prevent millions of children from dropping out of school. Paying tribute to them on this World Teachers’ Day (5 October 2020) is therefore essential and well deserved. But urgent and essential measures are expected to finally give them the means to become […]
Aide et Action Magazine: Learning starts at birth
For 40 years Aide et Action has been committed to ensuringquality education for all. We have made early childhood one of our priority areas of intervention as early childhood care and education lay the foundations of lifelong learning and well-being. This component is an integral part of basic education and is a right for all […]