Empowering Our Children - Support early child education in Eyumojock.

Primary school Children:

Access to primary education is a basic need and right of every child in Eyumojock sub-division. For parents, education for their children is a must and a gateway out of poverty.

As in the rest of Africa, our rural schools are desperately short of resources. Although education is free and universally mandated by the government, parents too have a role to play in the education of their children. But due to the cycle of poverty inherited by these parents, some who never went to school, providing basic school needs is a major task. They have to prioritize between food needs, housing and medication. Most children are therefore in need of books, uniforms, pencils, pens and other school accessories. As families keep struggling to provide necessities for their children’s education, the result is a vicious cycle where poor children attend poor schools and achieve poor results.

The short answer is for us to allocate a safety net fund for our rural primary schools, so we can provide basic needs for children’s education. The cost of a pair of shoes or shirt for a child who sometimes walks miles to school can therefore make a difference between dropping out or staying in school.

Sports equipment have also shown to provide rural school children with the opportunity to practice their skills, boost morale and compete in inter-school tournaments with pride and confidence. Equipment like soccer and basketball balls can surely make a big difference.

Let us therefore join hands and unlock the resources that begin the process of change for early primary school education for Eyumojock children. Empower our community to solve problems, identify resources, knowledge, creativity and supplement with finances. Together we can build around the children of Eyumojock a supportive environment in which they can attend and succeed in primary school with an opportunity for greater achievements in life and ending the cycle of poverty in their families.

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