At READ foundation - our focus is on Education. Education has an immense impact on the human society. It is the only true long term strategy to overcoming poverty in a society and bringing about sustainable change.
An education enables people to make well-informed decisions, pursue interests and gain an insight into different people and situations. Education informs the establishment of a moral code and a sense of responsibility; children not only learn literacy and numeracy but learn basic manners and how to respect others at school as well as at home. Education can help to instil a basic grasp of what’s right and what’s wrong, which is undoubtedly an extremely valuable life skill. Children can learn how to get on well with others from an early age; this enables them to respect others and learn to cope well in social situations.
On a more practical level, most respectable careers and jobs require varying degrees of education. A society needs doctors, lawyers, accountants, teachers and other professionals. Their role in delivering even basic healthcare, justice, accountability and growth is vital. Without members of a community to deliver these, a society eventually becomes devoid of basic human rights, minimum health standards and infrastructure for trade and growth.
This is also why one of the key Millenuim Development Goals is:
'Ensure that children everywhere, boys and girls alike, will be able to complete a full course of primary schooling'
READ Foundation thus focuses all its efforts on this very fundamental building block of society. Please browse through our pages of work and contribute to this effort. We have schemes supporting education for individuals and programmes for enhancing schools. You can even contribute to specific items through our Charity Gifts. READ is also part of a large network of partners striving to achieve the same goals, thus adding value wherever possible to even the smallest contribution.
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