Why Help Developing Countries And Improverished
People Around The Globe?
Transforming our world: the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development
The Sustainable Development Goals targets build on the Millennium Development Goals and complete what they did not achieve. They seek to realize the human rights of all and to achieve gender equality and the empowerment of all women and girls. They are integrated and indivisible and balance the three dimensions of sustainable development: the economic, social and environmental.
Targeted countries and projects that need your support.
Why does IFED, an “economic development” non-profit, put so much time and effort and so many resources into education? The answer is simple: there cannot be sustainable economic development without a foundation, and such foundation is based on an educated population, whether on a local, regional or countrywide basis.
Did you know?
• No country has achieved continuous and rapid economic growth without at least 40 percent of adults being able to read and write. (Results.org)
• Failing to offer girls the same educational opportunity as boys costs developing countries $92 billion each year. (Plan International)
• Theories of human capital have proven that an increase in the level of education will reduce illiteracy levels which will in turn result into improvement in human capital leading to economic development, therefore there is need to invest in education in developing countries so that to improve the current situation in the economy. (Build-My-School.com).