ACTION DAY 2008Poverty Reduction

Direct Aidrelief and development work in Africa since 1981

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Five ways to reduce povertyPoverty FundHarvest FundFarmers’ ProjectWomen’s Training ProgramEducation

40 MILLION CHILDREN NOT IN SCHOOLNO SCHOOLS AVAILABLE

THE NEED FOR PROPER EDUCATIONPOORLY EQUIPPED

TOO YOUNG FOR WORKWITH EDUCATION, THEY WILL BE PREPARED

“WE WILL BE HAPPIER IF WE CAN GO TO SCHOOL”HELP THEM REALIZE THEIR DREAMS

LET’S BRING THEM TO SCHOOLFOR THE FIRST TIME IN THEIR LIFE

VOCATIONAL TRAINING CENTERA DIRECT AID PROJECT IN NIGER

VOCATIONAL TRAINING & EDUCATION FOR WOMENSEWING, MEDICINE, COOKING, TEACHING...

Poor, uneducated.

Educated & Independent

“Education can be the difference between a life of grinding poverty and

the potential for a full and secure one...between countries ripped apart by

poverty and conflict, and access to secure and sustainable development.”

Nelson Mandela

Taking ActionStarting Today.

Our Strategic Goals

• Educate:

- 80,000 elementary and middle school

- 60,000 high school

- 20,000 vocational practices

- 2,400 college level

- 2,000 higher education

Our Strategic Goals

• Launch:

- 30 Distance Learning institutions

- 3 universities: East, West, and Central Africa

Educate171,600Students

$750 per studentfor 4 years of education

only $2 a day

THE FUTURE OF AFRICA

09.09.09Project Launch Date

DONATE MONEYHOW YOU CAN HELP

SPREAD THE WORDHOW YOU CAN HELP

“If you are planning for a year, sow rice; if you are planning for a decade, plant trees; if you are planning for a lifetime, educate

people.”

Chinese Proverb

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