According to https://ourworldindata.org/, over 58 million children worldwide do not go to school and will never learn to read or write. There are variant reasons for this. War and violence is a primary cause but following that, the next single most prevalent factor is poverty.
The Children’s International Projects supports the educational achievement of general education, at the basic and secondary level, of international children living in impoverished situations. From this program, children receive books, clothing and tuition assistance to help them achieve primary and secondary educational levels.
An education is almost a singular and realistic prescription, in these countries, for poverty reduction both in the familial and communal setting.
Hawa Atongi, first program educational lifetime achiever (2007-2019). Hawa is now pursuing a teaching and singing career after graduation in 2019. In 2022, she also became the blog writer for Redemption Song.