As we celebrate the International Day of the Girl Child, we celebrate Kanna Sunivong, an inspiring young student in the Lao People’s Democratic Republic (Lao PDR) who received a scholarship to continue her primary school education and who now has big dreams for her future. In BeangLuang village, a small, rural village surrounded by expansive […]
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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 […]
World Teachers’ Day: a real recognition expected
The recent global health, political and natural crises have highlighted the essential role of teachers – everyday heroes who carry the future of children and citizens on their shoulders. Celebrating them once a year, on October 5 (World Teachers’ Day), is certainly essential but insufficient in view of the conditions and the risks in which […]
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 […]
Aide et Action Magazine: Inclusive Education, Equal Chances
Disability, ethnic origin, gender, religion … there are many obstacles to the education of millions of children around the world. Increasing access to quality education for each and everyone has been for Aide et Action’s mission for the past 40 years. We have taken action to remove barriers to participation and success for all learners, […]
Child labour is increasing due to COVID-19 pandemic
Globally, before the COVID-19 pandemic, one in ten children was subject to child labour. Now, for the first time in 20 years, this figure is increasing as the pandemic threatens to undo decades of progress. To prevent this, we must act together and decisively! The pandemic has created unparalleled and extreme effects on the mental […]
Education and health: the same fight
On the occasion of World Health Day (7 April 2021), Aide et Action looks back on the essential contribution of the education sector to the promotion of better health and well-being for all and calls for bringing together both education and health efforts in the context of development projects, particularly those carried out in a […]
Aide et Action Magazine: Self-reliant women; independent women
This year, Aide et Action is celebrating its 40th anniversary; four decades of commitment to promote and strengthen the right to education for all. Since 1981, we have been working relentlessly to support vulnerable and marginalized populations, to reduce inequalities which they are facing, to reduce injustice, and to create the best educational opportunities for […]