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Camfed – Helping Girls Go To School In Africa

October 28, 2023 by Klaus Rosmanitz

Camfed (Campaign for Female Education)is a non-profit organization aimed at helping girls get an education in sub-Saharan Africa. It was founded by Ann Cotton, a British businesswoman, in 1993. Camfed operates in five African countries. The organization concentrates its work on rural areas with widespread poverty. Many children, especially girls, cannot go to school because … Read more

Pandemic Causes Students to Lose One Third of School Year

October 28, 2023February 3, 2023 by Klaus Rosmanitz

A new study shows that students around the world lost about a third of a year’s learning due to the COVID pandemic. 15 countries were examined, most of them in the western world. During the first year of the pandemic, many countries closed down their schools in an attempt to slow the spreading of the … Read more