Goal 2: Achieve universal primary education

>>Some 115 million children do not attend primary school

A child's right to survive and develop does not solely rely on healthcare. Whilst this is often the first necessary step, education is the key to their development in the future.

Yet some 115 million children do not attend primary school and one in six of the world's adults are illiterate. Parents are often unable to send their children, especially girls, to school.

Plan helps communities implement projects where parents are encouraged to educate their daughters, by locating schools close to their homes, building school latrines for girls as well as boys, minimising the costs of uniforms or fees for the families, scheduling hours to accommodate household chores, and providing a school feeding programme. These projects show parents the importance of girls' education and create a new generation of impowered women capable of transfering their knowledge to their families.

Some of our projects:

The project helps parents help their children

Girls first in Haiti
Girls First, a Plan-supported project is helping parents to better educate their children and gives girls and young mothers the opportunity to acquire the knowledge and information necessary to face life's challenges

The promise of a meal helps keep kids in school
Thanks to a school-feeding project supported by the European Union, thousands more children are now receiving an education in rural areas of Malawi

A new generation of students
Access to education for many children in rural India is a luxury not available to them. With the help of Plan, local communities are starting to address the problem through 'supplementary schooling' in areas with high illiteracy rates.

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>>Goal 1:Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger

>>Goal 2:Achieve universal primary education

>>Goal 3:Promote gender equality and empower women

>>Goal 4:Reduce child mortality

>>Goal 5:Improve maternal health

>>Goal 6:Combat HIV/AIDS, malaria and other diseases

>>Goal 7:Ensure environmental sustainability

>>Goal 8:Develop a global partnership for development