Aide et Action has been implementing development projects for over 40 years and our conviction is all-encompassing: changing the world through education. Education provides women and men with the ability to write their own history, avoid social predispositions, and follow a path other than the one imposed before their birth by family, society, religion or […]
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India: Local women become agents of change for education during Covid-19
In India, we are working with more than 500 women, many of whom are illiterate, to prevent more than 3,000 marginalized children from dropping out of school during the Covid-19 pandemic. A true educational success story for children, our programme is creating more opportunities for women to learn and become “agents of change”. In the […]
Covid-19: Women must be at the heart of tomorrow’s world
The economic and social fallout of Covid-19 has largely landed on women’s shoulders denying women and girls access to some of their basic human rights. As we mark International Women’s Day 2022, we stress that there remains an urgent need for action to centre recovery plans on addressing women’s and girls’ specific needs. A year […]
Cambodia: Supporting informal economy workers during the pandemic
In Cambodia’s rural Kampong Thom province, cook, caterer, and part-farmer Li Him has tried everything to stay afloat during the economic turndown caused by Covid-19. First, Li lost his job as a primary cook for a nutrition program at a primary school near his house when pandemic shuttered schools. Next, he lost his secondary source […]
Covid-19: A Generation At Risk?
For the past two years, the Covid-19 pandemic has not only become a global health crisis but also been an economic and social catastrophe, which has literally shaken the world and whose consequences have not yet befallen the world. The pandemic has deprived millions of young people of their right to education, exacerbated a creeping […]
Keeping Schools Safe for Children
For the International Day of Education 2022, Aide et Action foresees a pessimistic picture of the current evolution of the situation of education, schools, children and young people all over the world. If measures are not taken now, the pandemic – which has already deprived millions of young people from their right to education – […]
Burkina Faso: Teachers and students forced to flee their schools
In eastern Burkina Faso, West Africa, insecurity and the constant threat of terrorism is causing many teachers and students to flee their schools and even their villages. In response, Aide et Action is offering educational continuity to displaced students and teachers. Ounténi Noula, (pictured above) principal of Koulfo primary school in eastern Burkina Faso, was […]
Aide et Action Magazine: Tomorrow’s major issues are today’s concern
The populations we have been supporting for the past 40 years are currently facing many crises: migration, conflicts, climate change, gender inequalities and more are threatening the possibility of building a fairer. In order to best support vulnerable populations, we maintain that education is essential. It is the only way for marginalised populations to be […]