24 January has been proclaimed by the United Nations as the International Day of Education. It is not enough to celebrate this day in view of the critical, even dramatic, situation in which education finds itself in the world today. Blame it on the COVID-19 pandemic, but not only. At the dawn of the 21st […]
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International Day of Education 2021: Time to address the emergency
The 3rd International Day of Education will be earmarked by alarming figures relating to education around the world. In the current context of a global pandemic and while 2021 remains uncertain, Aide et Action is calling on states, including France, to urgently take action, particularly financially, to support of education. Before the pandemic, 258 million […]
Report: The impact of Covid-19 on education in Lao PDR
In the Lao People’s Democratic Republic (Lao PDR), as a measure to prevent the spread of the Covid-19 virus, the Government announced a nationwide lockdown from 30 March 2020 under the Prime Minister’s Order No.06.1 All schools and other educational institutions were closed from mid-March through May 2020 (2.5 months). An estimated 1.4 million students […]
Mali: Aide et Action supports out of school children to return to education
The political and security crisis that Mali has been experiencing since 2012 has seriously affected the country’s education system. While thousands of children do not have access to quality education, Aide et Action and our partners have been developing incentives and solutions to get children back in classrooms. With the “Access to Education for All […]
Togo: Promoting the rights of women and youth for a more sustainable future
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 […]
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 […]
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, […]