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 […]
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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 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!
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 […]
Cambodia: Fishing community hopes that Covid-19 school closures will not impact its “literate generation”
In August 2020, Aide et Action delivered radios to remote villages along the Mekong in Cambodia’s Kratié province to ensure children could tune into a new form of learning in the midst of the current pandemic. A bumpy couple of hours from Kratié town along windy dirt roads led the Aide et Action program and […]
Cambodia’s ethnic minority children are tuning into a new form of learning during Coronavirus crisis
In Cambodia, Aide et Action is supporting the country’s most marginalised children to receive an education through distance learning initiatives including radio programs in ethnic minority languages. The current disruption to education has impacted approximately 1.6 billion children globally and is being regarded as the biggest global education emergency of our lifetime. In Cambodia, as […]
Vietnam: Aide et Action supports isolated communities through health education
In the remote and isolated province of Lai Chau in northern Vietnam, most of the inhabitants rely on agriculture to earn a living. When Covid-19 led to travel and trade restrictions earlier this year, those that used to go to the field every day to farm found themselves in a difficult position economically. Aide et […]