Welcome to Every Child Every Village
Karibu! In English, "Welcome". My name is Liz Clibourne, and I'm a Registered Nurse. I'm also the Director of Every Child Every Village.
After seven months in Ghana, and nine in Tanzania, it is glaringly apparent to me that the existing education systems are ill-equipped to prepare African children to be productive members of a self-sustaining society. More...
Did you know that in much of Africa:
- Kids are required by law to have a uniform to go to school.
- Kids are required by law to have shoes to go to school.
- Kids can be caned for misbehaving.
- Kids can be caned for arriving late.
- If parents can't pay school fees, kids can't go.
- There are sometimes 50-75 kids in a class.
- Sometimes teachers just fail to show up at school.
- Teachers and kids have few books, or none at all.
- Class time is wasted performing household chores for the teacher.
- Fewer than 10% continue on to secondary school.
- Some communities have no schools.
