Happy New Year!
Happy New Year! Before you ring in the New Year, please remember how you can make a big difference for children around the world — young people like Eliada, Scholasticah, or Mahadev. Initially young children living in poverty with few options, these students are now earning a quality education and have bright futures, thanks to you! Eliada has improved her literacy skills and has high aspirations in Guatemala. Scholasticah is earning her high school diploma and has plans for college in Kenya. Mahadev left the hard life of a child laborer and is flourishing in school in India. We depend...
Read MoreHelp Educate Students in Poverty in India
Mahadev was just six years old when his father died of tuberculosis. After his father’s death, it was no longer possible for him to attend school as his family was without an income and had incurred large debts for his father’s medical bills. Mahadev and his mother had to work in the bangle factory in Firozabad, India, to help earn money for the family to survive. They worked 8-9 hours a day and after expenses had only 30 rupees a day remaining (the equivalent of 60 cents in US dollars). After working five years in the bangle factory, a community partner of Global Education Fund in Delhi...
Read MoreNeed Ideas for Holiday Gifts?
Need holiday gift ideas? Give a gift with meaning, purpose and passion. Give a gift of substance, of hope for the future. Give a gift to a Global Education Fund project in the name of a friend or family member. Give a gift of education to a child living in poverty in Kenya, India or Guatemala. You can give for textbooks, leadership skills, or for a girl to get schooling she desperately wants for her future. Click here to select your...
Read MoreStand Up For Girls’ Education
Many of you have heard about Malala Yousafzai, a 14-year-old Pakistani girl who is a persuasive advocate for girls’ education. After standing up to the Taliban, she was shot in the head and neck. The world was riveted by her story. She was flown to England for additional care and is in critical but stable condition. We celebrated the International Day of the Girl last week and incidents like these prove that we must stand up even more for a girl’s right to education. Global Education Fund works with locally led community based organizations that are innovatively reaching girls in...
Read MoreCelebrate International Day of the Girl
Today is the International Day of the Girl! Girls Education Support girls by investing in their education. Global Education Fund partners with community based organizations in India, Kenya and Guatemala that are working to end early marriage and delay motherhood so that girls can get an education and learn skills to become self-supporting independent women in their communities. Click here to learn more reasons why a focus on girls is important. Girls Empowerment and Leadership Girls need empowerment programs to support them in standing up for their rights....
Read MoreInnovative Teaching Models Strengthen Education in India
Earlier this year, several members of the Global Education Fund (GEF) team went to India to listen to leading educators, NGOs and funders and begin to gain an understanding of what is needed for children living in poverty there to become better educated. While India has significant pockets of success, it is also home to millions of impoverished children. Bonded labor, forced early marriage for girls, disease and poverty are hard realities for many children. After the listening tour, GEF decided to award grants to several partners working in India. One such partner is Project Vision, led by...
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