Eric Cressey / 4:21:00 5-2-08 / Education
On April 30th, The United States Agency for International Development said it would grant $1 million dollars in the form of 20 $50,000 grants in order to make long term plans for establishing higher education in Africa. The Bill and Melinda Gates foundation also donated $100,000 to help out. The focus of of the grants will be in agriculture, health, primary and secondary education, science and technology, engineering and economics.
Although the entire semester I've been focused on what unicef has been doing to further education in Africa, I thought this would be a good note to end on, showing that others are also trying to build up the educational structure in Africa. This particular article shows the United States' contribution to Africa and the contribution of a noted Philanthropist, Bill Gates. I think its good that Our country is doing something to help Africa and not just letting that be an issue for international entities like unicef to deal with. I'd be very interested to learn more about who is getting the grants and exactly what plans will be made for the improvement of education in Africa.
http://sev.prnewswire.com/education/20080430/DC2106630042008-1.html
2 comments:
I agree with your comments. It is good to see that someone is helping out with education in Africa.Because education is such a lack, showing them that is the key to success is wonderful. I hope that some of these grants go towards the female education. I researched gender issues and the female inequality is awful. It would be interesting to see how the grants are put to work.
It is very good to hear that there is some sort of plan to increase education in Africa. We don't think twice about going to school but it is such a privilege that not all children get to enjoy (or hate). I agree with the other comment I would like to see how the grants are being used and the increase of education for girls is crucial.
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