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ACTION DAY 2008Poverty Reduction
Direct Aidrelief and development work in Africa since 1981
direct-aid.org
Five ways to reduce povertyPoverty FundHarvest FundFarmers’ ProjectWomen’s Training ProgramEducation
40 MILLION CHILDREN NOT IN SCHOOLNO SCHOOLS AVAILABLE
THE NEED FOR PROPER EDUCATIONPOORLY EQUIPPED
TOO YOUNG FOR WORKWITH EDUCATION, THEY WILL BE PREPARED
“WE WILL BE HAPPIER IF WE CAN GO TO SCHOOL”HELP THEM REALIZE THEIR DREAMS
LET’S BRING THEM TO SCHOOLFOR THE FIRST TIME IN THEIR LIFE
VOCATIONAL TRAINING CENTERA DIRECT AID PROJECT IN NIGER
VOCATIONAL TRAINING & EDUCATION FOR WOMENSEWING, MEDICINE, COOKING, TEACHING...
Poor, uneducated.
Educated & Independent
“Education can be the difference between a life of grinding poverty and
the potential for a full and secure one...between countries ripped apart by
poverty and conflict, and access to secure and sustainable development.”
Nelson Mandela
Taking ActionStarting Today.
Our Strategic Goals
• Educate:
- 80,000 elementary and middle school
- 60,000 high school
- 20,000 vocational practices
- 2,400 college level
- 2,000 higher education
Our Strategic Goals
• Launch:
- 30 Distance Learning institutions
- 3 universities: East, West, and Central Africa
Educate171,600Students
$750 per studentfor 4 years of education
only $2 a day
THE FUTURE OF AFRICA
09.09.09Project Launch Date
DONATE MONEYHOW YOU CAN HELP
SPREAD THE WORDHOW YOU CAN HELP
“If you are planning for a year, sow rice; if you are planning for a decade, plant trees; if you are planning for a lifetime, educate
people.”
Chinese Proverb
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