The Governmental efforts in Haiti have allowed over 772,000 children to attend school for free. This availability to an education is promising a better future for the youth in the nation. Enabling the youth access to attend school creates the foundation for a prosperous life. With the increased educated population the individual and the community aid for the betterment of Haiti. The country’s budgeting to fund for this investment shows Haiti’s acknowledgment of the importance of education. According to the United Nations Girls’ Education Initiative (UNGEI), it cost a parent the equivalent of $11 US dollars to pay for school fees and send to send their child to school. In areas of such poverty, $11 is not manageable, especially when there are other basic health needs such as food and maintaining a shelter that need to be met. Educating the youth provides them with opportunities in their future that they might not necessarily have been able to obtain without an education. This achievement can be directly linked to the Millennium Development Goal number 2: Achieving Universal Primary Education. By providing the youth of Haiti with an education has the potential to stop the vicious cycle of poverty and poor health. Having the knowledge to make healthy life decisions overall will improve their wellbeing. Moved by Haiti’s education reform, other programs are helping out to improve the lives of the children. Groups such as the World Food Programme are donating daily meals to the children, to ensure they receive well-balanced, nutritious foods. The aid received from all groups involved contributes to the hope of the success of the younger generations worldwide.
It is great that our government efforts have provided over 700 thousand children to attend school for free in Haiti. More help and funding needs to be provided in other areas as well in order for all the MDG goals to be met. Clean water, sanitation, food jobs, and more are necessary. This will not only help MDG be meet but also help the US and entire world in the process in the long run.
ReplyDeleteIt is good to heard that the Governmental successfully allowed children to attend school in Haitian .Education is one of the most powerful instruments for reducing poverty and inequality and for laying the basis for sustained economic growth. Also the MDGs goals begin to be met. Literacy highly leads to healthier environments. Uneducated children are more likely to contract HIV/AIDS, expanding mortality rates. And if born into a literate family, children are 50% more likely to live past the age of five. Since it just start, the funding money need to use wisely. So it can educate children in a long term period.
ReplyDeleteEducation is the foundation towards development in any country. Seeing an increase in support to encourage children to attend school definitely shows progress in Haiti. By being able to send more children to school, the education system should be developing so that such a system can continue to sustain itself as more children are able to attend school for free. It is even more important for the government to recognize the significant impact education has to its residents and continue to provide more free education.
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