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By Nicki Sugrue

Jean Kwizerimana, 15, is a sixth-year student at Rugendo Primary School in Burundi who received a school uniform and supplies from Concern Worldwide.

September is the beginning of the school year in Burundi, but for many children it is just like any other month. Twelve years of civil conflict, which ended in 2005, left the country scarred. Reconstruction has been slow, significantly impacting the quality of education and the standard of schools available. Many families do not have the means to send their children to school and, even when they do attend, there is a high drop-out rate due to large class sizes and a lack of school materials and infrastructure. Read the rest of this entry »

A grade 2 student (in Concern’s partner’s Chad-Et’s Center 1 school) with her brand new ABE Curriculum

It is great to be back in Addis Ababa to meet with the children I visited a year ago. It is inspiring to hear about what education means to them and to see it contribute to real change in their lives.  Without programs like the one here, change could simply never happen. Read the rest of this entry »