CAMPAIN: " EDUCATION FOR GIRLS "

All children have the right to education. They acquire knowledge and skills they need to realize their potential and protect themselves from various hazards. And better quality of life education brings results across a company with enormous advantages. That is why education is essential to the development of each country. However, girls are too often excluded. If this continues to make progress for our societies will never be realized.

The NGO will launch its companion MACC "the education of girls" to intensify efforts for global priority is to educate every child.

The campaign seeks to educate girls in the countries of West Africa and Central beginning with Senegal. This campaign aims to reduce the illiteracy rate in its areas mentioned and addressed to partners such as governments and donors who make policy and resource decisions regarding the education of girls.

In Senegal, the primary school enrollment rate increased from 60% in 1991 to 82.5% in 2005. However, the proportion of children completing primary school level as students progress more slowly. The conditions of enrollment in secondary and vocational education are also limited. Among the first African countries to implement a sectoral program for development of education, Senegal has seen its approved strategy as part of the International Initiative "Education for All - Fast Track".

Why is girls' education important?


There are several compelling benefits associated with girls’ education, which include the reduction of child and maternal mortality, improvement of child nutrition and health, lower fertility rates, enhancement of women’s domestic role and their political participation, improvement of the economic productivity and growth, and protection of girls from HIV/AIDS, abuse and exploitation. Girls’ education yields some of the highest returns of all development investments, yielding both private and social benefits that accrue to individuals, families, and society at large by

Reducing women’s fertility rates. Women with formal education are much more likely to use reliable family planning methods, delay marriage and childbearing, and have fewer and healthier babies than women with no formal education. It is estimated that one year of female schooling reduces fertility by 10 percent. The effect is particularly pronounced for secondary schooling.

Lowering infant and child mortality rates. Women with some formal education are more likely to seek medical care, ensure their children are immunized, be better informed about their children's nutritional requirements, and adopt improved sanitation practices. As a result, their infants and children have higher survival rates and tend to be healthier and better nourished.

Lowering maternal mortality rates. Women with formal education tend to have better knowledge about health care practices, are less likely to become pregnant at a very young age, tend to have fewer, better-spaced pregnancies, and seek pre- and post-natal care. It is estimated that an additional year of schooling for 1,000 women helps prevent two maternal deaths.

Protecting against HIV/AIDS infection. Girls’ education ranks among the most powerful tools for reducing girls’ vulnerability. It slows and reduces the spread of HIV/AIDS by contributing to female economic independence, delayed marriage, family planning, and work outside the home, as well as conveying greater information about the disease and how to prevent it.

Increasing women’s labor force participation rates and earnings. Education has been proven to increase income for wage earners and increase productivity for employers, yielding benefits for the community and society.

Creating intergenerational education benefits. Mothers’ education is a significant variable affecting children’s education attainment and opportunities. A mother with a few years of formal education is considerably more likely to send her children to school. In many countries each additional year of formal education completed by a mother translates into her children remaining in school for an additional one-third to one-half year.

Procedure

The system of 'child sponsorship'raises 70% of the NGO's income. Benefactors donate money to the NGO, and can correspond with the child they sponsor by mail,or by telephone thus creating a personal bond between donor and child. Each benefactor is linked to an individual child in Senegal where the campain is starting and where MACC works.

The sponsorship system is meant to ensure that the sponsors can see what their money is going toward, and know that it is properly spent, as they get direct feedback from the children who benefit from MACC's projects. Sponsorship aims to raise awareness about, as well as funds for, the communities MACC works with.

Internationally, all money that is donated to MACC is split within the 70:30 rule: that is, at least 70% goes to MACC's development objectives, and 30% is spent on fundraising (primarily obtaining new sponsors) and administration.

Each fundraising office, or National Organisation, operates independently using different fundraising methods within each country of operation, and some are more effective than others in generating funds. National Office operate in Senegal.

Child Sponsorship

Join Mother And Child Care (M.A.C.C) now and sponsor a girl between 05 and 11 years old.