Stories of change
Girls in rural and farming communities in Zimbabwe have been facing challenges in accessing basic education. Learn how a group of organizations decided to make a change.
This is a story about Joshua Mpossa, who identified an essential education challenge, leading him to advocate for school meals to be served at his former primary school in Tanzania.
Improvements are being made in the lives of displaced children in Burkina Faso, thanks to support from Education Out Loud, and the commitment of local government and development partners.
Indonesia needed regulatory guidance on preventing violence at schools. The efforts of civil society encouraged the government to adopt regulations to address this problem.
In Uganda’s Buikwe District, securing adolescent mothers’ right to education is about changing people’s minds—one community meeting at a time.
Isabella Kila joined the Papua New Guinea Education Advocacy Network (PEAN) – supported by Education Out Loud, GPE’s fund for advocacy – as a youth advocate to promote the universal right to education.
Due to her hearing impairment, Oyunjargal, like many other Mongolian students with disabilities, faced great barriers to attending regular school – until recently. It is only since 2019 that the right for children with disabilities to attend regular schools has been fully reflected in policy.
Lack of knowledge of sensory disability in children has left children with this disability behind. With a newly developed guide the student teachers in Cote d'Ivoire are better equipped to spot the affected children.
Life has dramatically changed for Emily living with disability in the small community of Kaphuta village in Malawi. From spending her days locked up at home; she is now welcomed in school and society as a citizen too.
EOL is supporting the Alliance of Civil Society Organizations in Tajikistan for Education to improve the school environment for children with disabilities and make sure they can attend and complete school alongside their peers.
This is how in 2019 Mariatta Diarra, a woman born in 1961 and illiterate, decided to go on the journey of learning to exercise her rights as a citizen.
A Rede Nacional da Campanha de Educação para Todos em Cabo Verde - RNCEPT-CV - alcançou o que muitos pregam, mas apenas alguns praticam.