Meet Sitara, whose story is one example of USAID’s Education for Income Generation (EIG) project’s impact on thousands of disadvantaged youths. Read more >>
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Education: The Most Powerful Weapon for Changing the World
Education is the key to eliminating gender inequality, to reducing poverty, to creating a sustainable planet, to preventing needless deaths and illness, and to fostering peace. Read more >>
Video of the Week: Education in Ghana
Educate Girls, Develop Nations
New Learn-to-Read Method in Yemen Shows Early Promise
USAID’s partnership with Yemen’s Ministry of Education and local governments is making education more accessible to Yemeni children. Read more >>
Improving Education in South Sudan
With USAID assistance, primary school enrollment in South Sudan has increased from approximately 300,000 students in 2000 to 1.4 million in 2012. Read more >>
In Congo, Helping Children Catch Up in the Classroom
International Rescue Committee and USAID are helping 1,100 boys and girls in Congo catch up on their studies at the primary level and work toward admissions to secondary school. Read more >>
Increasing Access to Education in Northern Nigeria
Through its Northern Education Initiative, USAID is working in Nigeria to strengthen state and local governments’ capacity to deliver basic education service. Read more >>
1,000 Days to Reach the Millennium Development Goals
What USAID is doing to ensure that by 2015 children everywhere will be able to complete a full course of primary schooling. Read more >>
