STAMFORD, Conn., July 15, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Global
non-profit organization buildOn and the Education Above All
Foundation's (EAA) Educate A Child (EAC) program aim to enroll
159,211 out-of-school children in quality primary education in
seven of the world's economically poorest countries, including
Haiti, Guatemala, Senegal, Mali, Malawi,
Burkina Faso, and
Nepal.
This joint project, with support from the Qatar Fund for
Development, also plans to build 1,873 primary schools, in
partnership with rural communities and local ministries of
education, and engage 224,760 local community members to take an
active role in bringing out-of-school children back to the
classroom through buildOn's Enroll Program. Other key project
strategies include capacity building for community members,
leaders, teachers, government officials, and students, accelerated
education programs, direct support including school supplies to
out-of-school children, and income-generating initiatives for
communities.
"We at EAA believe in inclusive and equitable quality education
opportunities for all. We are committed to supporting the hardest
to reach children and giving them access to quality primary
education, and in buildOn, we have found a partner who shares our
values and convictions," EAC Executive Director Dr. Mary Joy Pigozzi, said. "Education provides
children with the tools they need to build a better future, for
themselves, their families, their community and their
country."
This latest announcement, which comes after the two
organizations' successful enrollment of over 55,000 children in a
number of developing countries, means that a total of 214,691 of
the most vulnerable out-of-school children will be provided quality
education opportunities through this partnership.
"Over the past five years, EAA has been an integral partner in
our mission to break the cycle of poverty, illiteracy, and low
expectations," buildOn Founder & CEO Jim Ziolkowski said. "This continued partnership
with EAC will empower buildOn to significantly scale our school
construction and education programs. It will not only
transform our organization, it will transform the lives of more
than 159,000 children and generations to follow!"
buildOn and EAA's partnership began in 2015 with a five-year
project to launch and scale buildOn's Enroll Program. Through their
partnership, EAC and buildOn have provided quality primary
education through the construction of 1,005 primary schools, solar
panel installation, parent engagement, community mobilization,
parent and teacher training, and leadership development.
About buildOn: At home or abroad, buildOn's mission is to
break the cycle of poverty, illiteracy, and low expectations
through service and education. Across the U.S., buildOn empowers
urban youth to transform their neighborhoods through intensive
community service and to change the world by building schools in
some of the economically poorest countries in the world. Since
1991, buildOn has empowered more than 2.4 million hours of
volunteer service in the U.S. and constructed 1,913 schools
worldwide, with more than 289,000 children and adults attending
these schools every day. For more information, visit
www.buildon.org.
About Education Above All (EAA) Foundation: The Education
Above All (EAA) Foundation is a global education foundation
established in 2012 by Her Highness Sheikha Moza bint Nasser. EAA
envisions bringing hope and real opportunity to the lives of
impoverished and marginalized children, youth, and women,
especially in the developing world and in dire circumstances such
as conflict situations and natural disasters. We believe that
education is the single most effective means of reducing poverty,
generating economic growth, and creating peaceful and just
societies, as well as a fundamental right for all children and an
essential condition to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals
(SDGs). For more information,
visit educationaboveall.org.
EAA comprises four programs: Educate A Child (EAC), Al Fakhoora,
Reach Out To Asia (ROTA), and Protect Education in Insecurity and
Conflict (PEIC). In addition to providing access to education for
children around the world, EAA advocates to safeguard inclusive and
quality education for all.
About Educate A Child: Educate a Child (EAC), a
global programme of the Education Above All (EAA) Foundation, aims
to trigger significant breakthroughs and a material difference in
the lives of children who have no access to primary education. EAC
has been helping millions of the hardest-to-reach, out-of-school
children (OOSC) around the world realise their right to a
quality education.
Through partnership and innovation, millions of children
continue to be supported to overcome the barriers blocking their
path to quality education. Playing a catalytic role in the field of
OOSC and for those most at risk of dropping out of primary
education, EAC strives to achieve individual and social outcomes
for these children, their communities, and a more sustainable world
for us all.
For more information, please contact:
Carrie Pena, buildOn, Email:
carrie.pena@buildon.org, Mobile: 224-420-1825
Nadine Ottenbros, Portland Communications, Email:
Nadine.Ottenbros@portland-communications.com, Mobile: +44 7894
814007
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buildOn and EAC _ Thierno
Thierno (center) attends a school built by his community in
partnership with buildOn and the Education Above All Foundation's
(EAA) Educate A Child (EAC) program.
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