Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso are three of the world’s four least-developed nations. School attendance and literacy rates are low. Girls as young as 8 leave school to help with domestic chores and to care for their siblings. Boys drop out to grow and harvest crops and raise livestock. Many children never attend school because their families cannot afford fees or materials.
In this Initiative, Geneva Global will partner with Strømme Foundation, a Kristiansand, Norway-based relief and development organization, to give these children an education and put them on a path to lead productive lives. Strømme will operate speed schools that enable older children to catch up to a fourth- or fifth-grade academic level in eight months.
Education is one of the surest ways to improve life in West Africa. Without even a primary education, children are likely to remain impoverished for the rest of their lives.
Children study at a speed school in Bougouni, Mali, one of three operated by a Malian nongovernmental organization that will partner with Strømme Foundation in this Initiative.
This Initiative will remove that hurdle for thousands of children, while helping their parents to see the importance of prioritizing education
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