In late November 2020, Aide et Action, in partnership with Plan International, launched a new project to support women and youth in northern Togo — a region that is experiencing growing insecurity in terms of economy and public safety. Our new project called “Savanes Motoag” (“Living together in the Savannahs” in the national language) aims […]
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COVID-19 border closures endanger the lives of cross-border workers
Around the world, the COVID-19 crisis has forced countries to close their borders to protect populations from the virus. But despite its health benefits, this decision has caused great economic hardship for cross-border workers whose survival on trade and free movement was suddenly interrupted. Now, they are facing destitution. In Cambodia, land borders remain closed […]
Vietnam: Livelihood education offers hope during challenging times
In rural Vietnam, livelihood and business training is offering 35-year-old Giàng Thị Cở a chance to pursue her dreams even in the face of the many challenges 2020 has thrown at her. Giàng Thị Cở, born and raised in Lao Chai village – a small, rural village in Vietnam’s northern Lao Cai province – never […]
India: Vocational training empowers survivors of domestic violence
In India, more than a third of women report having been beaten by their partner *. To support victims of domestic violence, as well as other vulnerable women, Aide et Action’s iLEAD program offers opportunities for women to gain freedom and independence through professional training. Violence against women and girls is one of the most […]
Education for Women Now campaign seeks to bring education to 3 million women and girls globally
Aide et Action will launch Education for Women Now – the first global philanthropic campaign of the NGO to increase access to quality education for marginalised girls and women in Africa, Asia and Europe – in January 2021. On 17 January 2021, Aide et Action will host a live digital event, led by leading figures […]
Aide et Action Magazine: Rethinking education after the coronavirus crisis
Around the world, education that teaches, enlightens, liberates and works for a better world has become a target of extremist and obscurantist attacks. This, coupled with the threat that COVID-19 also poses to education, jeopardizes the future of a whole generation, and it is more urgent than ever to remain mobilized in order to defend […]
Coronavirus crisis: An opportunity to develop more inclusive emergency education planning
Before Covid-19, one in two children with disabilities in Cambodia was not in school. Today on International Day of Disabled Persons, we hope the current pandemic – which has closed schools nationwide for the second time this year – may offer an opportunity to re-think how emergency education planning can be inclusive of children with […]
World Children’s Day: Education still denied globally
Although guaranteed by the International Convention on the Rights of the Child since its ratification by more than 192 states thirty-one years ago, 258 million children are still denied the right to education. What a shame as we celebrate World Children’s Day today. Currently, in addition to the 258 million children being denied an education, […]