Peace is back and so is school – Campaign for Education Normalcy in Mali
As the school year gets underway here in the United States, UNICEF and the Malian Ministry of Education are working to ensure that the same can be said for Malian school children on October 1, the beginning of their school year.
Due to political and environmental conflict in the country and region, the Malian Ministry of Education estimates 800,000 children have had their schooling interrupted. Many schools lack basic necessities for the 2013-2014 school year, including benches for the classrooms and notebooks for the students.
UNICEF representative in Mali, Francoise Ackermans, said, “An educated child is becoming a citizen of his own country and of the world. This is one of the basic rights of every child. This is in the constitution in Mali – that every single child has the right to free education, to free quality education. We are far from there. We have to commit ourselves to work together on that.”
To attend to the education needs of schoolchildren in Mali, UNICEF needs $21 million (USD), of which only 38 percent has been received. Basic education for children around the world, including Mali, can help lead to a brighter future for all of the students and for their country.
Ackermans said, “Education is the cornerstone of this reconstruction process. What is a more visible sign of things going back to normal than a girl and a boy walking to school in the morning?”
Please click here for the press release concerning the initiatives.
Due to political and environmental conflict in the country and region, the Malian Ministry of Education estimates 800,000 children have had their schooling interrupted. Many schools lack basic necessities for the 2013-2014 school year, including benches for the classrooms and notebooks for the students.
UNICEF representative in Mali, Francoise Ackermans, said, “An educated child is becoming a citizen of his own country and of the world. This is one of the basic rights of every child. This is in the constitution in Mali – that every single child has the right to free education, to free quality education. We are far from there. We have to commit ourselves to work together on that.”
To attend to the education needs of schoolchildren in Mali, UNICEF needs $21 million (USD), of which only 38 percent has been received. Basic education for children around the world, including Mali, can help lead to a brighter future for all of the students and for their country.
Ackermans said, “Education is the cornerstone of this reconstruction process. What is a more visible sign of things going back to normal than a girl and a boy walking to school in the morning?”
Please click here for the press release concerning the initiatives.
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