Initiatives: General Initiatives to Reduce the Lack of Education

There
are two important facts that can be taken in consideration as effective
alternatives to reduce the lack of education. These two facts are reducing
poverty and working through foundations.

**Reducing Poverty**

Poverty
is one of the main causes to the lack of education. According to monitoring
reports from UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural
Organization), children in sub-Saharan Africa drop out from school because of
the poverty. Some suggestions to reduce poverty are:

·       “Cash
transfers to poor families” (Eide, 2011). This suggestion can help the children
from poor families to attend school instead of dropping out.

·       “Early
childhood nutrition programs” (Eide, 2011). In other words, meal plans. This
suggestion helps the children to be prepared to attend school and do not miss
or lose concentration. It contributes to their attention to the classes.

·       Reach
an education of quality at schools (Eide, 2011). An improvement in the quality
of education can reduce the rates of poverty.

**Foundations**

Foundations
are non-profit organizations which aim is to help to improve or reduce a
situation. In this case, social foundations are necessary as a solution to the
lack of education. The purpose of a foundation dedicated to education is to
help to reduce the lack of education and improve the quality of education
through different programs. There are some organizations working to improve education.
They are:

·       The
Malala Fund https://www.malala.org/

·       Barefoot
Foundation http://www.barefootfoundation.com/

·       The
W.K. Kellogg Foundation (WKKF) https://www.wkkf.org/grants/grant/2013/12/w-k-kellogg-foundation-southern-african-scholarship-program-p0128856

·       Rotary
International https://www.rotary.org/en/our-causes/supporting-education

·       Africa
Foundation http://www.africafoundation.org.za/

·       Roger
Federer Foundation http://www.rogerfedererfoundation.org/en/what-we-do/education-in-africa/

·       Face
for Africa https://www.faceforafrica.com/

·       Africa
Educational Trust https://africaeducationaltrust.org/

·       The
Africa Education Foundation http://www.aefna.org/

·       Build
Africa https://www.build-africa.org/

·       Michael
and Susan Dell Foundation https://www.build-africa.org/

·       The
Africa Project http://theafricaproject.com/our-priorities/education/?gclid=Cj0KCQjw6rXeBRD3ARIsAD9ni9DSFaegdpQGSEx3qVTMjw4HYcil0Xq1m4fgemEVMudx3qeuuAcuFXgaAjQgEALw\_wcB

·       K-Hope
http://www.k-hope.org/

·       Tiso
Foundation http://tisofoundation.co.za/

·       Aid
for Africa https://www.aidforafrica.org/category/issues/education/

More
foundations like these can be opened to reduce the lack of education.  Volunteering to be part of these foundation is
a way to contribute to reduce the lack of education too.

**Reminder:**

To
reduce the lack of education it is important not just reducing it but improving
it as well. The application of the general initiatives is the first step to
reduce and the improving is the second step to reach an education of quality to
eradicate the lack of education.  Many
countries face not just a lack of education, but they face a lack of quality in
their education. Other initiatives to reach this step can be carried out by:

·       Governments

·       Schools

·       International
Organizations

·       Private
Sector

References:

Eide,
H. (2011, October 16). How to reduce poverty’s impact on education. Retrieved
from
https://gemreportunesco.wordpress.com/2011/10/16/how-to-reduce-poverty%E2%80%99s-impact-on-education/

Fuentes,
D. (2014, May 19). How to prevent lack of education. Retrieved from
https://prezi.com/s3xap42utc4j/how-to-prevent-lack-of-education/