Teach a child to fish and they may eat for a lifetime
Teach them to read and write and they turbocharge an entire economy
The same child.
Two possible futures.
One difference.
Education.
WHEN YOU EDUCATE THE FUTURE
YOU CHANGE THE FUTURE.
Not just the future of each child but the future of their communities, economies and societies. For us all.
CHILD bride
Graduate
The same child.
Two possible futures.
One difference.
Education.
One in every 3 girls in developing countries is married before the age of 18. Education is shown to reduce child marriage by 60%.
Economically Excluded
Economic Catalyst
The same child.
Two possible futures.
One difference.
Education.
Exclusion from paid work costs women $6 trillion dollars in lost earnings. Yet, when just 10% more girls attend school, that country’s GDP increases by an average of 3%.
COMPROMISED
IMMUNISED
The same child.
Two possible futures.
One difference.
Education.
Girls with a basic education are 3 times less likely to contract HIV/AIDS. Educated girls are also more likely to seek healthcare for themselves and their families, part of the reason children of educated mothers are twice as likely to survive past the age of 5.
Child Labour
Childhood
The same child.
Two possible futures.
One difference.
Education.
At the beginning of 2020, 1 in 10 children aged 5 and over were involved in child labour worldwide – equating to an estimated 160 million children.
Research shows that early schooling is the most effective way of getting children out of the labour market and giving them the opportunity to acquire the necessary skills for finding decent work in the future.
WE EDUCATE LIKE THE FUTURE DEPENDS ON IT.
BECAUSE IT DOES.
Education accelerates poverty reduction, female empowerment, and improved infant mortality. Yet, 258 million children worldwide are out of school.
This changes now.
UWS works to ensure children have access to quality, inclusive education in remote and marginalised communities by collaborating with local partners, communities and governments.
We deliver schools, we train teachers and we strengthen education systems.
Our low-cost, high impact model builds capacity, not dependency. This ensures that education systems continue to flourish beyond our involvement.
Shifting focus from delivering change in the short term, to empowering change for the long term, we go beyond educating the future, to changing it.
Our vision is Zero Education Poverty. Find out more.
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