As Cambodia’s primary schools opened their classroom doors nationwide from 1 November 2021, The Cambodian Consortium for Out of School Children was working behind the scenes for the past eight consecutive months of the country’s school closures to ensure children’s rights to education and a smooth transition back to school. Prior to the pandemic, Cambodia […]
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Children’s rights: a long-term job
Thirty-two years after the adoption by the United Nations General Assembly of a text guaranteeing the rights of the child, they are still struggling to be respected in the world today. Non-governmental organisations (NGOs) and associations, including Aide et Action, are mobilising today to make children’s voices heard and to ensure that their rights become […]
Cambodia: Building Back Small Businesses During the Covid-19 Pandemic
In Cambodia, as the Covid-19 pandemic rages on, it also continues to affect societies and economies at their cores. In the country’s rural, central province of Kampong Thom, 48-year-old Sreyneth*, a street vendor selling desserts shares the same fate as many workers in the informal sector – a loss of income and little to no […]
Africa: In the Sahel, 4 million girls have dropped out of school
The education crisis remains acute in Sahel countries due to insecurity. With projects in Niger, Mali, and Burkina Faso, Aide et Action is alarmed by this situation, of which girls are the first to bear the consequences. As a leader of Coalition Éducation, a French coalition of 20 civil society organisations working on #education internationally […]
India: Girls supported by ENLIGHT project score well in examinations
In India, the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic threatened to impede the academic progress of children, specifically those facing their board examinations. The closure of schools and the introduction of technology in education induced a great level of stress and uncertainty but, thanks to the educational support of Aide et Action’s ENLIGHT project, several girls, particularly those […]
International Day of the Girl Child: The risk of losing 20 years of progress
Since the unanimous adoption of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action for the Empowerment of Women in 1995, significant progress has been made for the rights of girls and women around the world. However, today, multiple crises and conflicts coupled with a lack of funding and attention paid to girls’ education, this progress is […]
Africa: In the Sahel, teachers start the school year in fear
On the occasion of International Teachers’ Day, we would like to highlight the daily lives of teachers working in sometimes dangerous conditions, as is currently the case in the Sahel. Despite the risks, they remain dedicated and loyal to their commitment to education. The 2021-2022 school year begins against a backdrop of a security and […]
Aide et Action Magazine: Celebrating 40 years of action
‘Setting up Aide et Action was a project that was certainly crazy at the start, but which took shape little by little since the beginning of the year and which has now become a very concrete reality thanks to all of you’. These were the first words in the editorial by Pierre-Bernard Le Bas, founder […]