Poverty and Education
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                           WHEN ORPHANS AND VULNERABLE CHILDREN GET SUPPORT, THEY ARE READY TO GO

“Poverty is hunger. Poverty is lack of shelter. Poverty is being sick and not being able to see a doctor. Poverty is not having access to school and not knowing how to read. Poverty is not having a job, is fear for the future, living one day at a time. Poverty is losing a child to illness brought about by unclean water. Poverty is powerlessness, lack of representation and freedom”

However,  the biggest contributor to global poverty is lack of access to education. The following facts about education are a snapshot of the problem and indicate how difficult it is for children in poverty to overcome the obstacles they face and escape their circumstances.

In order to effectively fight poverty, the lack of education for children in the developing world, especially for girls, must be addressed.

Through Birds of a Feather program we offer children in poverty/vulnerable the opportunity to go to school and/or stay in school. We give them the chance to change the facts about education and change their future. When asked which component of our program is most beneficial to them, 100% of formerly sponsored children will say “educational support.”

Independent research found that Birds of a Feather sponsored children stay in school longer than their non-sponsored peers: 1 to 1.5 years longer, are 20 to 30 percent more likely to finish secondary education and are 30 to 60 percent more likely to graduate college than those who were not enrolled in the child sponsorship program.

When you sponsor a child, your sponsorship provides school fees, uniforms, books and supplies — without which children can’t attend school. Your money also provides basic necessities for the family so that child labor isn’t forced upon the child.

Happy Crowd

                                      CHILDREN BECOME VERY HAPPY AFTER GETTING HOPE OF A CHANGED LIFE