Through Our Education initiatives, We Give Many Vulnerable Children A Chance To Step Out Of The Cycle Of Poverty
By Funding Education We help Improve Access to Basic Education And Give Hope To Many Vulnerable Children
ACCESS TO QUALITY EDUCATION
The Country’s Sustainable Development Goals progress cites a lack of education by Household Head as one the largest contributor to poverty at 29 percent. With a Human Capital Index (HCI) of 0.4, Zambia is amongst the 30 countries with the lowest Human capital. At age 18, children in Zambia will acquire only 5.2 years of learning despite completing 9.2 years of education. In an effort to help vulnerable children step out of generational poverty our education development programs focus on improving the quality of education in poorly funded community schools. Unlike publicly funded schools, community schools rely on contributions from mostly poor communities. The schools’ quality of education is undermined by poor classroom infrastructure, very high teacher-student ratio, limited or no textbooks and lack of sufficiently qualified teachers.
Most of the schools we support are in the rural areas where 23 percent of school aged children are out of school while 60 percent of children are deprived in three or more dimensions simultaneously. Our education programs include:
ACCESS TO QUALITY EDUCATION
The Country’s Sustainable Development Goals progress cites a lack of education by Household Head as one the largest contributor to poverty at 29 percent. With a Human Capital Index (HCI) of 0.4, Zambia is amongst the 30 countries with the lowest Human capital. At age 18, children in Zambia will acquire only 5.2 years of learning despite completing 9.2 years of education.
In an effort to help vulnerable children step out of generational poverty our education development programs focus on improving the quality of education in poorly funded community schools. Unlike publicly funded schools, community schools rely on contributions from mostly poor communities. The schools’ quality of education is undermined by poor classroom infrastructure, very high teacher-student ratio, limited or no textbooks and lack of sufficiently qualified teachers.
Most of the schools we support are in the rural areas where 23 percent of school aged children are out of school while 60 percent of children are deprived in three or more dimensions simultaneously. Our education programs include:
BOOK FUND — LIBRARIES (BOOKS 4 All)
It Begins With One Book
We believe that every child deserves to have access to books to help them learn and explore the numerous possibilities. Our Book Fund program looks to establish libraries in poorly funded schools to improve learning and improve low literacy levels which average 12.5 percent on a national level. Our libraries are mostly funded by new and used books donations from our partners which include non-profits, corporates, partner schools and individuals.
The other focus area is provision of basic nutrition through our school feeding programs. Our school feeding programs not only help children coming from very poor homes to have a meal but also increases school attendance and reduces early child marriages in a country were early marriages are one of the highest in Sub Sahara Africa.
BOOK FUND — LIBRARIES (BOOKS 4 All)
It Begins With One Book
We believe that every child deserves to have access to books to help them learn and explore the numerous possibilities. Our Book Fund program looks to establish libraries in poorly funded schools to improve learning and improve low literacy levels which average 12.5 percent on a national level. Our libraries are mostly funded by new and used books donations from our partners which include non-profits, corporates, partner schools and individuals.
The other focus area is provision of basic nutrition through our school feeding programs. Our school feeding programs not only help children coming from very poor homes to have a meal but also increases school attendance and reduces early child marriages in a country were early marriages are one of the highest in Sub Sahara Africa.
Through Our School Feeding Programs We Help Children From Poor Homes To Have A Meal And Increase School Attendance
BUILD A CLASSROOM
Build A Classroom program looks to improve the learning environment and increase school attendance by improving the poor classroom infrastructure and capacity in community schools. In some cases, classroom buildings are incomplete with limited desk seating space that some children have to sit on the floor to learn. We believe that no child should be subjected to such learning conditions, through Build A Classroom program we work with partners to rehabilitate classroom infrastructure to create a better learning.
BUILD A CLASSROOM
Build A Classroom program looks to improve the learning environment and increase school attendance by improving the poor classroom infrastructure and capacity in community schools. In some cases, classroom buildings are incomplete with limited desk seating space that some children have to sit on the floor to learn. We believe that no child should be subjected to such learning conditions, through Build A Classroom program we work with partners to rehabilitate classroom infrastructure to create a better learning.
According to the United Nations research data, the creation of human capital is dependent on good nutrition and health in the first 8000 days of life which goes into the formative adolescent years. According, to the human capital index rankings, 25 of the 30 countries with the lowest human capital Index rankings are in Africa. It is for this reason that at Simpact Foundation we see our support of school feeding programs as a major step in helping vulnerable children reach their full potential and ultimately development of human capital required for economic development. The benefits of funding the school feeding programs include better nutrition and child development, improved learning and school attendance and reduces child marriages and early pregnancies for girls.
According to the United Nations research data, the creation of human capital is dependent on good nutrition and health in the first 8000 days of life which goes into the formative adolescent years. According, to the human capital index rankings, 25 of the 30 countries with the lowest human capital Index rankings are in Africa. It is for this reason that at Simpact Foundation we see our support of school feeding programs as a major step in helping vulnerable children reach their full potential and ultimately development of human capital required for economic development. The benefits of funding the school feeding programs include better nutrition and child development, improved learning and school attendance and reduces child marriages and early pregnancies for girls.
