Education
E&O supports a range of programs that we believe form a foundation to break the cycle of poverty. However, we realize that these initiatives will not necessarily reach all children and families in need; particularly the marginalized members of society.
Street children, orphans, abused women and other vulnerable individuals often lack the opportunities available to others. Therefore E&O is focusing on a variety of critical programs targeted at these marginalized groups in order to:
- proactively identify and intervene in high risk situations,
- provide rehabilitation services,
- educate and develop life skills,
- reintegrate them back to society,
- increase awareness on the issues.
An important part of this work is carried out by an organization E&O supports: Anjali House, providing arts and sports programs for marginalized children.
In Cambodia only 27% of women in rural areas and 56% in urban areas complete the 5th grade. In Southeast Asia, the fertility rate is 35% lower for women with seven or more years of education than for women with none.
- Haley B. and Morduch J.
Across the world, 104 million children ages 5 to 12 do not attend school; and 150 million children leave school illiterate. There are 18 million out of school children in South Asia.
- The Millennium Development Goals
"If we are ever to have real peace in this world we shall have to begin with the children."
- Mohandas K. Gandhi
In Cambodia only 27% of women in rural areas and 56% in urban areas complete the 5th grade. In Southeast Asia, the fertility rate is 35% lower for women with seven or more years of education than for women with none.
- Haley B. and Morduch J.
