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Education for sustainable social development<\/h1>\n
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With our work, we are helping to alleviate a concrete poverty trap in the world. We promote sustainable economic development and help millions of children in Uganda to become responsible and educated citizens.<\/p>\n

Education, sustainable economic development and disease prevention contribute a great deal to favourably influencing demographic development in Africa. The latter has been successful in many countries in South East Asia, which forty years ago had similar conditions to Uganda today. It therefore seems important to us to create positive impulses. Because every bit of help counts.<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Combating illiteracy<\/h2>\n
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An educated person earns an average of two dollars a day and can manage their own expenses. A person who cannot read and write, on the other hand, will find it difficult to find a job. As a result, they are unlikely to earn more than one dollar a day.<\/p>\n

Functional illiteracy means that a person is able to read and write simple words, but cannot apply this skill to reading a medicine label, filling out a checkbook or a job application form.<\/p>\n

This severely restricts their employment opportunities. It poses risks to the health, welfare, safety and security of themselves and their families. In a country like Uganda, illiteracy occurs mainly among people living in extreme poverty and often in very remote places.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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The children and young people help out on the farm or look after their younger siblings. Meanwhile, the parents go to work. School is often so far away that the journey to school takes several hours. It is often very dangerous and, depending on the weather, not walkable.<\/p>\n

School classes often consist of more than 50 children of different ages and educational levels. Lessons take place in poorly maintained buildings. Teaching materials are scarce and often not up to date.<\/p>\n

Our scholarship programme enables children from low-income backgrounds to attend school and thus lay the foundations for their future lives. In this way, we are combating functional illiteracy and making a contribution to sustainable social development.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Promoting practical skills and critical thinking<\/h2>\n
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Today’s world presents us with complex challenges and a wealth of information every day. Critical thinking helps us to analyse, evaluate and understand information before we accept or react to it.<\/p>\n

Critical thinking involves carefully scrutinising arguments and statements and considering different perspectives. Only then do we reach a well-founded conclusion. Critical thinking is crucial for us to make smart decisions. It helps us to solve problems and be a responsible citizen.<\/p>\n

But practical skills are also essential for many areas of life. Cooking, cleaning, sewing, repairing things or gardening help us to maintain our household and take care of ourselves. But practical skills are also important in almost all professions. Craftsmen, technicians, farmers and doctors, for example, rely on their practical skills on a daily basis.<\/p>\n

This is why we place particular emphasis on promoting these skills in our schools.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Read the case study about our scholarship programme in Uganda.<\/h3>\n
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Read the study now<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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In his study on the Kids of Africa scholarship programme, Valentin Varnholt shows the importance of education in Africa.<\/strong><\/p>\n

An analysis of almost one thousand scholarships for Ugandan pupils, which were awarded after the two-year school closures in Uganda, poses the question of whether the scholarships have a lasting effect.<\/p>\n

Varnholt’s work confirms the considerable personal and social benefits that the unexpected scholarships have brought to the recipients, their families and their schools.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n