Education creates good prospects for the future
Education is a human right
Education is a human right. It is the focus of all our projects. Without education, independent thinking, resilience, health, responsibility and social participation are not possible. Education opens the door to freedom, democracy and development.
More than 60 million children are out of school. Significantly more girls than boys do not receive any schooling.
Education as the key to fighting poverty and hunger
Education is everything - but it cannot be taken for granted. Without education, the risk of hunger and illness increases. This creates a vicious circle. Those who are poor cannot afford school books and pens. Many children cannot go to school or have to drop out. The distances are often too far or the children have to work at home to earn their daily bread. This leaves no time for school.
Without education, the chances of career prospects, social participation and co-creation are reduced. This increases the risk of suffering from hunger and getting sick. A fatal cycle begins.
ora Kinderhilfe creates educational opportunities
School education as an opportunity for the future
ora Kinderhilfe 's educational projects give children a chance to escape the cycle of hunger and poverty and gain prospects for their future.
We enable the children to develop their talents and make their dreams come true. In our projects, we ensure regular school attendance and the achievement of a school leaving certificate.
We build schools, finance lessons and teachers' salaries and provide the necessary school materials and school clothing. All children receive a warm school meal so that they can learn well.
Education means lifelong learning
Our educational opportunities are diverse and also give families and villagers secure prospects for the future.
In our Childhood Programs, we train educators and thus guarantee a certified and child-friendly education from kindergarten age. Training for farmers in areas such as seed production and irrigation ensures that families can generate their own income and feed their families independently.
At the same time, our educational projects strengthen the communities, as the training courses result in new income-generating measures. This breaks the vicious circle of hunger and poverty for everyone.
Educational Successes of ora Children's Aid
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Continuing education courses per year
No education without school buildings
More than 60 million children worldwide do not attend school, even though education is a human right. This includes one in four out-of-school children in West Africa - including children in our project countries Liberia and Sierra Leone. The problem there is that there are too few schools and the distances to school are too long.
The parents only earn enough money to survive on a daily basis. Paying school fees is impossible for many families. Many children do not have shoes and their parents cannot afford the footwear, the school uniform, the books or the pens.
As ora Children's Aid, we literally go to school and build and renovate schools in villages, pay for their running costs, teachers' salaries, school meals, uniforms, shoes, pens and books. We also pay for medical check-ups, dental training and vaccinations for the boys and girls.
Learning, laughing, eating and playing - all this awaits all children from our project locations at school. Not only the ora sponsored children are supported: All girls and boys are allowed to learn, laugh, eat and play. Every child has the right to learn so that they can live better later on.
Find out more about one of our construction projects and see how much commitment and diligence everyone in the village is working with so that the children get their own school.
