Money Matters
Some of our kids participate in a Social and Financial Education program called Aflatoun, which helps them learn about savings, money management and microenterprises.
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People who can read are more likely to participate politically and exercise their civil rights.
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Direct links between empowerment and breaking free from poverty are real. Self-confidence, personal power and aspirations for the future are associated with a high increase in escaping poverty.
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India, the Dominican Republic and Zambia are among the top 20 in the list of countries with the highest instances of child marriages. (More than a third of girls get married before turning 18.)
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Learning to lead, better performance in school, less alcohol or drug use. All are outcomes of empowering youth.
Sources
- Gallup poll, 2015
- UNESCO Education for All Global Monitoring Report, 2006
- Moving Out of Poverty – Vol. 2 - Success from the Bottom Up
- UNICEF Progress for Children, April 2012
- Search Institute, The Power of Developmental Assets, 2013