THE EDUCATION OF YOUNG GIRLS
WHY CAMBODIA
Following the genocide committed by the Khmer Rouge, Cambodia, where 50% of the population is under the age of 18, has lost almost all of their intellectuals.
The repercussions of this genocide are still very much felt today and the rebuilding of the country is a long job that demands lots of energy. The poverty rate is so high that in some families the children must work from a very young age. They live in immense poverty, often suffering from nutritional deficiencies and hygiene problems.
The public schools, the primary victims of the absence of intellectuals, teach part-time in overcrowded classes. Often it is girls who pay the price, having to stop going to school at the end of primary school in order to help their families.
WHY GIRLS?
Of the 774 million illiterate adults in the world, 2/3 are women. The proportion of illiterate women has not changed in the past 20 years.
This inequality makes the education of young girls one of the great challenges of this millennium. International experts agree on this fact: when the education of women progresses, infant mortality rates and high birth rates will fall, and the spread of pandemics can be better controlled. These educated women will then share this education with their children, raising the level of education across the country. The education of girls is also a sign of the level of freedom and democracy of a country.
It is in response to these findings that Toutes à l’école chose to develop high level education for disadvantaged young girls in order to help them become free women and educated mothers.
Why girls
Of the 774 million illiterate adults in the world, 2/3 are women. The proportion of illiterate women has not changed in the past 20 years.
This inequality makes the education of young girls one of the great challenges of this millennium. International experts agree on this fact: when the education of women progresses, infant mortality rates and high birth rates will fall, and the spread of pandemics can be better controlled. These educated women will then share this education with their children, raising the level of education across the country. The education of girls is also a sign of the level of freedom and democracy of a country.
It is in response to these findings that Toutes à l’école chose to develop high level education for disadvantaged young girls in order to help them become free women and educated mothers.
THE CREATION OF THE CHARITY BY TINA KIEFFER
It is following this observation and a trip to Cambodia that journalist Tina Keiffer founded Toutes à l’école in 2005. This mission of the charity: to offer high level education to the most disadvantaged young girls and to accompany them up to their first job, so as to steer them towards a career that will bring them liberty and dignity.
The support for students by Toutes à l’école is all-encompassing: education, nutrition and the monitoring of their health (general medicine, vaccinations, dental care and ophthalmological care). Support is also granted to the families of the girls, notably through food baskets. The role of the Happy Chandara school, created by Toutes à l’école, determines the future of these young girls from this poor religion, where families live off of agriculture, fishing, and the collection of jasmine.
THE CREATION OF THE CHARITY BY TINA KIEFFER
Amongst all the children who do not have access to education in the world, more than half are girls.
It is following this observation and a trip to Cambodia that journalist Tina Keiffer founded Toutes à l’école in 2005. This mission of the charity: to offer high level education to the most disadvantaged young girls and to accompany them up to their first job, so as to steer them towards a career that will bring them liberty and dignity.
The support for students by Toutes à l’école is all-encompassing: education, nutrition and the monitoring of their health (general medicine, vaccinations, dental care and ophthalmological care). Support is also granted to the families of the girls, notably through food baskets. The role of the Happy Chandara school, created by Toutes à l’école, determines the future of these young girls from this poor religion, where families live off of agriculture, fishing, and the collection of jasmine.