How can we support children in conflict areas?

2023 SISQ Service as Action
Education
Above All: how
do we help
children in
conflict zones?
Sara, a Syrian refugee in Jordan, helps to prepare her baby brother to
prepare for school. This magazine explores what we can do to help her.

Human Strength
(from Syria and Palestine)
Sara is one of 10.4 million refugees in
Jordan who are receiving an education
due to the support of “Education Above
All”. The Al Fakhoora project provides
hope young survivors like her.
THERE ARE CURRENTLY 64 MILLION
CHILDREN WHO CANNOT ACCESS
PRIMARY EDUCATION. IN 2022, SISQ
STUDENTS PARTNERED WITH
“EDUCATION ABOVE ALL” TO HELP
THEM REACH 16 MILLION CHILDREN.
THIS YEAR, WE ARE INSPIRED AND
PREPARED TO HELP EVEN MORE
CHILDREN AND WE ARE
ENCOURAGING OTHERS TO JOIN US.

The Power of Love
In 2008, Ahmed Al Sawaferi was just a
child when he lost 3 of his 4 limbs in a
bomb strike. Today, he is a teacher
who inspires young people across the
world.
We say that a picture is worth a thousand words.
This photo speaks volumes.
Every day, our students enjoy air conditioning in
well resourced classrooms. We enjoy the finest
technology and well decorated rooms.
Every day, students in conflict zones experience
power cuts, over crowding and a lack of resources.
Despite this, the message is clear: these students
want to learn. Their teachers want to teach.
Knowledge is a power that no enemy can ever take
away from you.

The Al Fakhoora Project changes lives!
When Dalia Maalouf from the Al Fakhoora project
came to speak to our grade 8 students, we were
blown away by the impact of this project.
Gaza is one of the most densely populated places
on Earth with over 60% of people relying on aid.
Only 5% of water is drinkable. Gaza has been
called the world’s biggest “open air prison” and it
is not surprising that youth unemployment is 56%
- one of the highest in the world.
Despite these obstacles, Al Fakhoora provides
scholarships for these young leaders to become
civic leaders and rebuild their communities.
Not only do they receive emotional and financial
support, they also receive leadership training and
they create projects to rebuild their homes
“You give but little when you give of your
possessions. It is when you give of yourself
that you truly give” Khalil Gibran

The Al Fakhoora project does more than just pay education
bills. It moulds young leaders to rebuild their societies and
create harmony and stability.

Helping others helps us!
In today’s modern world, do we
even need to read?
The simple answer is yes. A child who reads
for less than 2 minutes a day is exposed to
8000 words a year and will score at the
bottom 10% in grade 6. A child who reads for
20 minutes, will be exposed to 1,800 000
words and be in the top 10%.
How do we get our children to love
reading?
We read with them. We read to them. We
read in front of them. It’s called DEAR or
“ Drop Everything AND READ”.
Families reading together at the DEAR picnic
Our
PYP students invited their moms and dads
to a DEAR picnic and some of our DP CAS
students decided to join them and read the
books that they had loved at their age.
In MYP, students participated in a
sponsored readathon and raised over
1000qr.
Students that read the most, showed
marked improvement academically. By
helping others, we helped ourselves!

Gaming for The Goals.
We have just seen how resilient the
young people in Al Fakhoora are and
we have seen how young Syrians
support each other to learn but what
about young people in Doha?
When EAA organized a national
football match, our lads stepped up
and raised 100000qr to finance
poorer students.
The amazing team at EAA found
sponsors for our teams and we thank
Qatar Insurance Company and
Marriot for their generous support.
This year, we look forward to
encouraging our girls to participate.

Education in India -
Keziah
I hate it’
Said Rahul, an 11 year old boy
praised by his teachers for being a
bright child. But instead of going to
school, young Rahul had to go to
work, as the schools in India. were
closed due to the pandemic,
Every morning, in the outskirts of the city Tumukaru,
groups of children were on the street. Rather than
holding a backpack, each child held a filthy plastic sack.
These children, aged 6-14 years old, were sent there to
collect potentially recyclable materials such as plastic
in the middle of glass and cement shards. With no
protection. Some were even barefoot which led to
bleeding feet. For this work, they got about a few cents
per hour, which barely helped their family survive.
In many parts of the developing world, school closures
put children on the streets. Families were desperate
for money. Children were an easy source of cheap
labour.

Since the constitution of India in 1950 was implemented,
education has become a significant and important aspect
of life in India. There is currently an estimated 6.1 million
children out of school in 2014 reduced from 13.46 million in
2006. Although this was enforced years ago, India’s
education system still faces struggles. This is mainly due
to the high school dropout rate, gender inequalities and
poverty.
Out of 100 students, 29 percent of girls and boys drop out
of school before completing the full cycle of elementary
education, and often they are the most marginalised
children. There is inadequate funding for education, it’s
quite lower than most developed and OECD countries.
There is a lack of facilities as well, like no proper access to
drinking water, functional toilets and no separate toilets
for girls. Around 1.2 million schools are functioning with
less than 50 students.
The lack of resources is high as well as the ratio of
teachers to students. They have many classes with
over 40-50 students with only 1 teacher. This limits
the amount of time the teachers can spend on
struggling students, especially when only 50% of
Grade 5 students can barely read Grade 2 texts.
As always there is a solution to every challenge or problem.
Education Above All is working with the Bharti Foundation
and Educate Girls. These two foundations focus on sending
children to or back to school, the latter primarily focusing
on girls.
The Bharti Foundation along with EAA was
established in 2000 with the vision of helping
underprivileged children in India realise their
potential. The Foundation’s current focus is to
bridge the education divide by bringing about
programmes in rural India that promote quality
education. This program reaches out to
thousands of underprivileged and
marginalised children. Currently, more than
38,000 students are enrolled across 253
Satya Bharti Schools in the states of Punjab,
Haryana, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Tamil
Nadu, and West Bengal all in India.
Another organisation that EAA is in partnership with is
Educate Girls. It is a non-governmental organisation that
deals with the issues of gender inequality in India’s
education system. Educate Girls has grown from a 500-
school pilot project in Rajasthan to now serving over
21,000 schools spread across 15 districts in Rajasthan and
Madhya Pradesh. The organisation encourages girl
students, teachers, school and communities to create a
sustainable, holistic platform in each village. They aim to
secure higher attendance, 100% enrolment and improved
learning outcomes.

EAA along with this organisation, foundation and many
more partnerships, move towards a future where
quality education is available throughout India, where
gender discrimination doesn’t stop the other gender
from coming to school and instead they get married
as young adelosents or where children don’t have to
work to provide for their family, where education is
affordable and every single child has the right as well
as the opportunity to education.
Rahul now studies in a school where there
is proper, quality education. He goes to
school with a backpack strapped to his
shoulders, shoes on his feet and wears his
school uniform. He skips hand in hand with
his new friends to class. His smile has never
been brighter. No more glass shards, or
dirty garbage or bare footedness.
Everyone, especially children deserve the
right to education...
The opportunity to learn

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A Look at Syria - Madelyn
I’m Aras. I'm only 11 years old and I have to help my
parents earn money. I go to a tailor shop so I can help my
family pay the bills for electricity, hot water, and more.
This work takes 12 hours a day from Monday to Friday.
Despite this, the hard work that I endure, only earns me
50 cents an hour. However, most children in Syria do not
work like me, they are sent out into the streets to beg.
Luckily, I'm allowed to go to school on the weekend. I’m
learning Arabic, and math, and I love school because I
don’t have to hear the loud noises. Why do I have to go
through this? These horrible things I must see and hear
Day and Night.
On March 15, 2011, the Syrian War began. This war
threatened the stability of communities and the
development of Syria. Because of this, children are forced
to help their parents earn money. The cause of this war
were the protests that began as a result of conflict
against the Syrian government. These protests then
turned violent when suppressed. In the midst of this
conflict, children are forced to lose their education.
getting married as minors. But the problems could be
solved. The International Society has already tried to
solve these problems. Still, little has improved.
Fortunately, there is still an opportunity to improve this
situation. For example, instead of sending money,
different resources can be sent to help the refugees.
Volunteers are an impactful resource as certified doctors
and teachers are required the most.
'Education Above All' is a foundation established in 2009.
The main purpose of this organization is to provide an
education to the students who lost their schools due to
the events in Gaza. To do this, many projects are taking
place, such as providing medical help, building schools,
providing psychosocial support, and providing vocational
help for students with disabilities that were started by Al-
Fakhoora. These projects have been very successful
andhave allowed Al-Fakhoora to turn into an education
support system within Gaza with 102 educational
institutes being rebuilt and maintained. The International
Society has also spoken of $1.4 billion to give as aid to the
people.
Education is very important for mindfulness and
protection and with this money, the children could have a
chance at education. Education also gives the children a
chance to improve their future instead of working and

If groups are sent out, the teachers have to take part in teacher training so that the children receive a quality education. These
projects sometimes last 3-5 years and are very expensive. They require big commitment. Nonetheless, the organization has
achieved many successes, with more than 11 million refugee children enrolled in school. There are still millions of children in the
world who do not get this opportunity.
Children, like Aras.

The German Version
Thank you, Madelyn, for translating.
Am 15. März 2011 begann der Syrische Krieg. Dieser Krieg hat die Stabilität von Gemeinschaften und die Entwicklung Syriens
bedroht. Aus diesem Grund werden Kinder gezwungen, ihren Eltern beim Geldverdienen zu helfen. Die Ursache dieses Krieges
waren die Proteste, dass als Folge von verschiedenen Meinungen gegen die syrische Regierung begannen. Diese Proteste
wurden dann gewalttätig, als sie unterdrückt wurden.
Die Proteste bestanden aus Menschen, die wollten, dass der syrische Präsident Bashar al-Assad von seinem Amt als
Präsident entfernt wird. Schließlich löste sich ein großer Konflikt aus, der zu einer Gefahr für die Gemeinden in Syrien führte.
Der aktuelle Kriegszustand ist immer noch aktiv, da der Krieg mit dem Beitrag einer internationalen Verbindung geführt wird.
Dies hat Syrien zu einem gefährlichen Konfliktgebiet gemacht, und dies zwang Zehntausende zur Evakuierung.
Die Folgen des Krieges waren der Tod und die Zerstörung, die in Konfliktgebieten noch immer vorhanden sind. Durch diese
Störung ging auch die Chance auf Bildung für Kinder verloren. Glücklicherweise ist eine Wohltätigkeitsorganisation dabei, den
Menschen in Syrien zu helfen, durch eine bessere Zukunft zu erlauben.
Was ist eigentlich die Wohltätigkeitsorganisation ‘Bildung vor allem’? ‘Bildung vor allem’ ist eine Stiftung, die 2009 gegründet
wurde. Der Hauptzweck dieser Organisation ist den Schülern, die aufgrund der Ereignisse in Gaza ihre Schule verloren haben,
eine Ausbildung zu ermöglichen. Viele Projekte finden beispielsweise auch statt, Projekte wie die Versorgung medizinischer
Hilfe, der Aufbau von Schulen, die Versorgung psychosozialer Unterstützung, und die Versorgung von Berufshilfe für Schüler
mit Behinderungen, die von Al-Fakhoora gestartet wurden. Diese Projekte waren sehr hilfreich und machten Al-Fakhoora zu
einem Unterstützungssystem für die Bildung in Gaza mit 102 Bildungsinsituten, die wieder aufgebaut und unterhalten werden.
Die Internationale Gesellschaft hat auch von 1,4 Milliarden Dollar gesprochen, um den Menschen Hilfe zu geben. Trotzdem
wurden nicht einmal 400 Millionen Dollar geschickt. Aus diesem Grund kann die Flüchtlingssituation nicht verbessert werden.

Bildung ist sehr wichtig für Wissen und Schutz und mit
diesem Geld könnten die Kinder eine Chance auf Bildung
haben. Durch Bildung haben die Kinder auch eine Chance,
ihre Zukunft zu verbessern, anstatt zu früh zu arbeiten
und zu heiraten. Die Probleme könnten aber gelöst
werden. Die Internationale Gesellschaft hat diese
Probleme zu lösen schon versucht. Trotzdem wird wenig
verbessert. Glücklicherweise besteht noch die Möglichkeit,
diese Situation zu verbessern.
ZumBeispiel,anstattGeldzuschicken,könnenverschiedeneR
essourcengruppen geschickt werden, um den Flüchtlingen
zu helfen. Von diesen Gruppen könnten Menschen für
verschiedene Aufgaben wie Bau, medizinische Hilfe und
Unterricht für die Kinder verantwortlich sein. Dies würde
den Wiederaufbau Prozess beschleunigen.
Wenn Gruppen verschickt werden, müssen die Lehrkräfte
an der Lehrerfortbildung teilnehmen, damit die Kinder in
einem guten Qualität lernen. damit die Kinder eine
qualitative Bildung erhalten. Diese Projekte dauern
manchmal 3-5 Jahre und sind sehr teuer. Deswegen ist es
eine große Verpflichtung. Dennoch hat die Organisation
viele Erfolge erreicht, mit mehr als 11 Millionen
Flüchtlingskindern in der Schule eingeschrieben. Immer
noch gibt es Millionen Kinder auf der Welt, die keine Hilfe
kriegen. Ihr Hauptziel sind 0 Kinder haben, die nicht in der
Schule sind.
Ein Beispiel von einem Flüchtlingskind ist das Leben von
Aras. Die Aras ist nur 11 Jahre alt und muss ihren Eltern
beim Geldverdienen helfen. Sie muss in einer
Schneiderwerkstatt arbeiten, damit sie ihrer Familie helfen
kann, um die Rechnungen für Strom, Warmwasser und
mehr zu bezahlen. Diese Arbeit dauert 12 Stunden pro Tag
von Montag bis Freitag in der Schneiderwerkstatt.
TrotzdembringtdieharteArbeit,diedieKinderertragenmüss
en,ihnen50 Cent pro Stunde ein. Die meisten Kinder in der
Türkei arbeiten aber nicht wie die Aras, sie werden zum
Betteln auf die Straße geschickt. Glücklicherweise darf die
Aras am Wochenende die Schule besuchen. Sie lernt
Arabisch, Turkisch, und Mathe, und sie findet die Schule
sehr schön, weil sie die lauten Geräusche nicht hören
muss.
Zusammenfassend kann man sagen, dass die
Wohltätigkeitsorganisation ‘Bildung vor allem’ und die
Internationale Gesellschaft gute Ergebnisse erzielt. Sie
haben das mit der Versorgung von verschiedener Hilfe, wie
medizinischer, psychosozialer Unterstützung, dem Aufbau
von Schulen, und so weiter. Die Internationale Gesellschaft
hat geholfen indem sie rund 400 Millionen Dollar geschickt
hat. Der Effekt von diesem Geld in den
Flüchtlingssituationen sind kleine Verbesserungen.
Deswegen ist es unsere Aufgabe als Menschen und
Studenten,

Bewusstsein für dieses Thema zu schaffen. Allerdings, bis die Unstimmigkeiten mit dem syrischen Präsidenten Bashar al-Assad
erledigt sind, werden immer noch Millionen Menschen gefährdet.

The Pain of Child
Labour
Ellemieke, Grace, Jana
One of the issues that deeply affected our
grade 8s was the knowledge that so many
young children from poorer communities
are forced into being child laborers.
This exploitation is especially hard on
children in conflict zones and especially
dangerous for girls.
A child in a classroom is one less child in
danger of being exploited.
Make a difference by supporting
“ Educate a Child” .

Child Labour (Dutch)
Alejandra
Alejandra, die pas twaalf is, wordt om 4 uur 's
ochtends gewekt door haar vader. Don José. Ze
werkt, ze krijgt geen opleiding. Wat ze wel doet, is
curiles verzamelen. Ze verzamelt ze "in de
mangrovemoerassen op het eiland Espiritu Santu
in Usulutan, EL Salvador."
Alejandra eet geen ontbijt omdat ze haast heeft
om naar haar werk te gaan. Voor haar is het
belangrijker om dingen mee te nemen die ze
"nodig" heeft voor haar werk, wat tot 14 uur in de
modder kan duren. Het meest verwoestende is
dat “deze items ongeveer een dozijn sigaren
bevatten, minimaal 4 pillen om haar wakker te
houden. En een groot deel van het geld dat ze
verdient, gaat naar deze items.
Ze verdient heel weinig.
Als ze geluk heeft, verdient ze iets meer dan 12
colones of $ 1,40. Voor dat geld haalt ze twee
manden curiles (ongeveer 150 schelpen) op voor
Caption
die geluksdag.“ Zij, die ook voor haar zeven
jongere broertjes en zusjes moet zorgen, “heeft
geen tijd om naar school te gaan en kan niet
spelen met kinderen.“ Hoe dan ook, ze doet het
liever niet, omdat ze zeggen dat ze stinkt en ze
sluiten haar uit van spelletjes, alleen omdat ze een
curiles-werkster is.
“Klein voor weinig heeft Alejandra het gevoel van
eigenwaarde verloren. Net als de andere kinderen
die curiles verzamelen, voelt ze zich afgescheiden
van de rest van de samenleving. Voor Alejeandra
lijkt het leven een tunnel zonder uitgang.”
( https://www.ilo.org/wcmsp5/groups/public )

48%
Is dat het bedrag dat een bank elk jaar verdient? Of nee, is
dat het aantal mensen dat viert als het zomervakantie is?
48%.
“48% van alle slachtoffers van arbeid is tussen de 5 en 11
jaar oud. Bijna de helft van de slachtoffers van
kinderarbeid (73 miljoen) werkt in een gevaarlijke inrichting
voor kinderarbeid; meer dan een kwart van de gevaarlijke
kinderarbeid wordt gedaan door kinderen jonger dan 12
jaar. (19 miljoen). “
behandeling, waardoor hun fundamentele rechten worden
beperkt en hun toekomst in gevaar wordt gebracht.
( https://www.unicef.org/protection/child-labour )
What if…
Stel je voor.
Al deze kinderen riskeren hun leven. Gewoon om aan het
eind van de dag onbetaald te zijn. Alle tranen, zweet en
angst om op tijd klaar te zijn, meer dan 10 uur werken.
Hoe zou jij je voelen? Zou je dat willen?
( https://www.compassion.com/poverty/child-labor )Opinion
on Child Labour - UNICEF
Kinderarbeid komt het vaakst voor wanneer gezinnen
financiële problemen of onzekerheid ervaren, hetzij als
gevolg van armoede, de plotselinge ziekte van een
verzorger of het verlies van hun belangrijkste bron van
inkomsten.
De resultaten zijn vernietigend. Kinderarbeid kan fysieke
en mentale kwelling veroorzaken, en soms zelfs de dood.
Slavernij en andere vormen van economische uitbuiting
kunnen het gevolg zijn. En in bijna alle gevallen ontzegt het
kinderen de toegang tot onderwijs en medische

Devestating side effects on Child Labour
Volgens onderzoek dat al is uitgevoerd naar de
fycologische effecten van kinderarbeid, kunnen degenen die
zich ermee bezighouden, depressies,
vertrouwensproblemen/een gebrek aan vertrouwen in
anderen, hopeloosheid, weinig zelfvertrouwen,
schuldgevoelens en schaamte, een laag zelfbeeld en angst
ervaren als ze uitgroeien tot volwassenen die een
bedreiging kunnen vormen voor de samenleving. ( https://
blogs.jpmsonline.com/2016/06/13l )
Als je een kind was dat kinderarbeid verricht om je gezin
van inkomen te voorzien, zou je geen tijd hebben om te
communiceren met mensen van je eigen leeftijd, en gerst
heeft zelfs genoeg tijd om met je gezin te praten.( https://
laborrights.org/blog )
Volgens het Wereldrapport over kinderarbeid van de
Internationale Arbeidsorganisatie (2013) werken er
ongeveer 265 miljoen kinderen over de hele wereld, of
ongeveer 17% van alle kinderen wereldwijd. ( https://
ourworldindata.org/child-labor )
Images Cited
https://ourworldindata.org/child-labor
https://www.ei-ie.org/en/dossier/1253:from-work-toschool-putting-an-end-to-child-labour
Statistics of child labour
Het probleem van kinderarbeid is nog steeds actueel.
Volgens de meest recente schattingen werkte begin 2020
ongeveer 1 op de 10 van alle kinderen wereldwijd – 160
miljoen kinderen, waaronder 63 miljoen meisjes en 97
miljoen jongens – als jonge mensen.
( 2020.https://www.ilo.org/wcmsp5/groups/public )

Child Labour (English)
Alejandra
Alejandra, who is only twelve, is woken up at 4 in the
morning by her father. Don Jose. She works, she
doesn’t get any education. What she does do though is
collect curiles. She collects them “in the mangrove
swamps on the Island of Espiritu Santu in Usulutan, EL
Salvador.”
as they say she smells bad and they exclude her from
games, only because she is a curiles worker.
“Little for little Alejandra has lost self-esteem. Like the
other children who work collecting curiles, she feels
separate from the rest of society. For Alejeandra, life
seems like a tunnel with no exit.” ( https://
www.ilo.org/wcmsp5/groups/public )
Alejandra does not eat breakfast as she is in a rush to
go to work. For her it is more important to take things
she “needs” for work, which can last up to 14 hours in
the mud. The most devastating part is that “these
items include around a dozen cigars, a minimum of 4
pills to keep her awake. And a good amount of the
money she makes goes to these items.
She earns very little.
If she is lucky she will make a little more than 12 colones
or $1.40. For that money she will collect two baskets of
curiles (around 150 shells) for that lucky day.“ She, who
also has to take care of her seven younger brothers
and sisters, “does not have time to go to school and
can’t play with children.“ Either way she prefers not to

48%.
Is that the amount of money a bank gains every year? Or
no is that the amount of people celebrating when its
summer holiday?
48%.
“48% of all victims for labour are aged 5-11 years. Almost
half of child labour victims (73 million) work in a hazardous
child labour facility; more than one-quarter of hazardous
child labour is done by childeren less than 12 years. (19
million). “
( https://www.compassion.com/poverty/child-labor )
acces to education and medical treatment, limiting their
fundimental rights and jeopardizing their futures.
( https://www.unicef.org/protection/child-labour )
What if…
Imagine.
All these children, risking their lives. Just to be unpaidat
the end of the day. All the tears, sweat and anxiety of
finishing on time, working over 10 hours.
How would you feel? Would you want that?
Opinion on Child Labour - UNICEF
Most frequently, child labour happens when families
experience financial problems or uncertainty, wether as a
result of poverty, a caregiver’s sudden sickness, or the loss
of their principle source of income.
The results are devestating. Child labour can cause
physical and mental torment, and sometimes even death.
Slavery and other forms of economic or exploitation may
result. And in almost any instance, it denies childrens

Devastating side effects on Child Labour
According to research already conducted on the
phycological effects of child labour, those who engage in it
may experience depression, trust issues/a lack of trust in
others, hoplessness, poor confidence, guilt and shame, low
self-esteem, and anxiety as they grow into adults who may
represent threats to society. ( https://
blogs.jpmsonline.com/2016/06/13l )
If you were a child who is doing child labour to provide
income for your family, you would not have any time to
communicate with people your own age, and barley even
have enough time to talk with your family. ( https://
laborrights.org/blog )
According to International Labour Organization’s World
Report on child labour (2013), there are around 265 million
children working around the world, or roughly 17% of all
children worldwide. ( https://ourworldindata.org/childlabor
)
Images Cited
https://ourworldindata.org/child-labor
https://www.ei-ie.org/en/dossier/1253:from-work-toschool-putting-an-end-to-child-labour
Statistics of child labour
The issue of child labour is still pravelent today. According
to the most recent estimates, about 1 in 10 of all children
worldwide – 160 million children, including 63 million girls
and 97 million boys – were working as young people at the
start of 2020.
( 2020.https://www.ilo.org/wcmsp5/groups/public )

Gender Inequality-
Ioana
Ioana has been kind enough to write in English and Romanian.
“Ei au crezut ca un glonț putea sa ne oprească, dar nu
au reusit.”
Malala a fost nascut o fata in Pakistan, este situat ca
avand o fata în zona aia, nu a fost o naștere memorabilă.
Dar nu sa lasat.
Intro zii, cand a venit terroristi Taliban, ei au declarat ca
fetele nu puteau să meargă la școală, că foloseau școlile.
In acelasi timp, Malala a fost doar 11, și deja spunea la
revedere la prietenele și profesori al ei, nu știa când
o'sa fie următoare moment când poate sa le vadă, sau
dacă o'sa le mai vadă.
De atuncea, ia nu sa lasat, și a decis sa vorbeasca în fata
la mulți oameni, în fața la oameni care voiau sa o ajuta si
sa o asculta, vorbea despre ce se intampla și cum
afectează fetele și educația lor, viitorul lor. Fara
educatie, copii nu știu nimic pe care poate sa le ajuta la
viitor, nu știu cum sa lucrează, și sa au locuri de munca
stabil.
Malala a vorbit persistent despre asta, să în timp a ajuns
la urechile lui Taliban. Deci, intro zii, a venit un membru

Deci, intro zii, a venit un membru de Taliban pe un autobuz
pe care se ducea Malala acasă cu, omul cu pistolul a
întrebat “Cine este Malala?” (“Malala’s Story | Malala Fund |
Malala Fund”
Și a impuscato pe locul stanga de capul ei.
Pai…… de ce sa intamplat asta?
130 milioane de fete nu merg la scoala.
Sunt tari în care lucrează de a crea egalitate in gen, dar
mai sunt multe tari în care totuși există inegalitate. Este
mai commun sa gasesc inegalitate în locuri din Africa, asia
de sud și în orientul Mijlociu. Lipsa de copii in scoli, este
mai grav in educatia Primara, si apoi se duce la Secundaria.
Pentru copii, educatia primara este foarte important,
educația asta aparține a invatand copii elementele de baza.
În ⅔ ce tari au ajuns la egalitate, și în țările unde tot mai
exista, fețele sunt la o dezavantaj mai mare. De exemplu, în
Chad sunt 78 fete și 84 fete în Pakistan pentru fiecare 100
de baieti care sunt înscriși. 246 milioane de copii
experientiaza violence împrejurul școli. In plus, in tari cu
venit mic, în școlile secundare completarea de copii sunt
36% pentru fete și 44% pentru baieti, este o mare
diferenca de vazut. Fetele sunt 2.5 ori mai mult de
probabilitate casa renunta sau sa nu vina la scoala.
In cotro, este o organizația unde ei lucrează să aducă
conștientizare la copii pe care nu pot sa merg la scoala, și să-i
ajute sa au o șansa. Organizatia asta este numita Beijing
Platform for Action creata in 1995. Cu ajutorul lui articole și
companie pe problema asta, mai mulți oameni știu și vor sa ajut.
Adaugand mai departe, sunt nisce echipe de GSL, care au găsit
sa creaza o soluție pentru problema asta, ca echipe GSL
‘Sanitary Sisters’ si 8 in plus, pe care ei lucrează si-au facut
produce sanitare pentru fete sau au acces mai ușor, si sa merg
la scoala fara problema. UNICEF si Education Above All lucrez
pe acest scop comun. Casa ajut 130 milioane de fete, si baieti, pe
cine nu pot sa merg la scoala. (“Gender and Education - UNICEF
DATA”)

“Eu am dreptul la educație, eu am dreptul sa mă joc, eu
am dreptul sa cant, eu am dreptul sa vorbesc, eu am
dreptul sa merg la magasin, eu am dreptul sa verbesc.” -
Malala
Dar dece este asa? De Ce sunt faptele și numerele așa de
mari, de ce sa și început?
Pai, fetele nu se simt în siguranță la scoala.
Fetele nu sunt respectate la scoala.
Fetele nu au calitatea și bani sa ajung la scoala sau sa
merg la scoala.
În lumea de zi cu zi, fetele trebuie sa sa incurc cu
obstacole în relație cu educație și sărăcie, religi si
convingeri culturale, violenta și război în zona împrejur.
Cu toate acestea fețele sunt afectate în educație, și
făpturile asta le afectează viața.
Școlile poate sa fiu bazate pe stereotip de gen, unde sunt
profesori și reguli nedrepte.
Este știut ca niște fețe în niște culturi sunt casatorite
tineri, și asta le face sa ieși din scoala, și sa se preocupa
cu alte responsabilități pe care nu trebuie la varsta
respectiva.
In tari anumite, fetele nu particip din cauza ca nu sunt
destule produce santiere si siguranță. Deci în fiecare
luna ei nu particip pentru o saptamana. Este multă
educate pe care le lipsesc și le da un negative effect
pentru un termen lung.
Da, sunt mulți pe care lucrez sa înving problema, totuși
este o problema pe care ne trebuie mulți oameni sa ajut.
(“Girls’ Education”)
De asemenea, in familie saraca, unde au destul sa trimit
numai un copil la scoala, părinți aleg baieti sa merg la
scoala. Băieți sunt mai potriviți sa merg, acei ei sunt
vasuti mai puternici și osa devin mai bine la făcut bani,
decat fetele.
Este modul de viata.
In conclusie, în lumea de acuma, așa este exemplu de cum
oameni se evolva, sa fiu mai mult bazat pe stereotip de
gen, baieti la suprafață, este evident in multe exemple,
de exemple cu salarii pentru treaba.
Efectul asta sa împărțit la școli, faptele asta nici nu sunt
recente, acesta perspective se duce în spate pentru
8000 de ani! Este evident ca școlile trebuie sa fiu undeva
unde copii de oricare gen vin sa cresc, sa invat, casa au
un viitor cu multe de oferit. Pe Unde copii nefericiți pot
sa traiesc cum trăim noi, aici, casa au și ei o viata ca noi
la scoala si-acasa.
“Dreptul la educație.”

What if Gender Matters?
They thought a bullet would stop us, silence us, but
they failed.”
Malala was welcomed as a girl in Pakistan, although having
a girl was not so welcome in the area she was from, her
father made it a mission to make her feel like she was not
different.
The fateful day when the Taliban came, they said girls
could not go back to school, as they were using the school
for their own violent purposes. When Malala was just 11,
she was saying goodbye to her friends and teachers, not
knowing when the next time she would see them, or if she
would see them again.
She stood-up, and decided to speak to audiences, to
listeners to hear her story, what was happening and how
it is affecting girls. Without education, children learn to
know nothing else, but what they see from others, they
could not get successful jobs, and get stable lives. Malala
continued to consistently speak out for this. It reached
the Taliban and then one day when she was on the bus
coming from school, a gunman demanded “Who is
Malala?” (“Malala’s Story | Malala Fund | Malala Fund”)

And shot her in the left side
of her head.
So….why did this happen?
130 million girls don’t attend school.
Countries are working towards creating gender inequality,
but there are still many countries where this still exists.
This mainly exists in Africa, the Middle East and South
Asia. The lack of children in school is persistent in Primary
education, and then leads onto Secondary. Primary is a key
for basic education. ⅔ countries have reached a stable
point for gender parity, although in schools who have not,
girls have a bigger disadvantage. For example in Chad and
Pakistan, there are 78 girls in Chad and 84 girls in Pakistan
for every 100 boys enrolled. 246 million children
experience violence around school. In Low-Income
Countries, the Secondary school completion is 36% girls -
44% boys. It is a large difference. Girls are 2.5 times more
likely to drop out, or not attend school
Here is the Beijing Platform for Action in 1995. This
organization is made to step in for this and make sure that
this problem is not left hanging, and those unfortunate
children are able to be given a helping hand, even in the
most helpless moments. These large groups of people
across the world are now aware of this problem, due to
awareness from articles. There are teams now who
realized the problem, and created a solution, like the GSL
team ‘Sanitary Sisters’ and 8 more, who made homemade
sanitary products for girls to have access, and be able to
go to school, problem free. UNICEF and Education Above
All are working for this common goal. To help the 130
million girls, and boys also, who can not attend school.
(“Gender and Education - UNICEF DATA”)
“I have the right to education, I have the right to play, I
have the right to sing, I have the right to talk, I have the
right to go to the market, I have the right to speak.” -
Malala
But why is it like this? Why are the numbers screaming big,
why has this even started?
Girls also don’t feel safe in the school environment.
Girls are not respected in the school environment.
Girls don’t have the quality and the money to get to school.

In the everyday world, girls have to overlook barriers
relating to education due to poverty, culturally different
beliefs and practices, violence, and war in the area.
Nonetheless girls are affected in education, and it impacts
their future negatively.
Schools are very gender-stereotyped, with judgy teachers,
unfair rules, daily interactions with peers and staff,
curriculum and language wise too.
It is known that some girls marry young, which causes
them to drop out of school, in order for them to stay at
home, clean or do other responsibilities.
In certain countries, girls skip school due to the lack of
sanitary products and safety. Every month they skip a
week, and are missing out on days of school, which later
impacts them negatively. Although people are working to
help solve this problem, it is still a large and common
dilemma. (“Girls’ Education”)
In poor families, the parents often favor the boys to attend
school when investing for their child to go to school. The
boys are more likely to go, as they are seen as stronger,
and would become the better breadwinner in the future,
than the girls.
Nowadays this is how humans are developing, to become
more gender-stereotypical, with boys being the top, this is
seen in many examples, like salaries are less for women
than men, but for what? Girls can do it just the same.
This spread to schools, with girls being forced to drop out,
skip attendance and have a life-long footprint on their
future careers. Although this is not a recent thing, 8000
years ago gender inequality, has been something that is
still continuing today. Schools should be somewhere where
children of any gender can come, to learn, to grow their
mindset and have a promising future, where they can live
the same as how we live, here at our school, and our lives. .
“The Right To Education.”
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2021, malala.org/malalas-story. Accessed 21 Sept. 2022.
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en/topic/girlseducation. Accessed 21 Sept. 2022.

The Importance of Reading - Adwita
‘The importance of reading is essential as it serves as
the foundation for basic education, be it music, science,
or math. In daily life, you need to read things such as
important street signs or the normal headlines of your
local newspaper’. (Merrimack College Editor)
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Let me tell you a story about Charlie. A boy, he was
part of a relatively poor family, he had two other
sisters, one who was working, and another one two
years younger than him. This seven-year-old boy never
went to school in his entire life due to his family
conditions. The government offered a minor school
campaign to put children back in school. Charlie’s
parents came to know about it and wanted to put
Charlie in the school as part of this campaign. Charlie
was so happy to know about it and he was very excited
to go to school the very next day. He walked to school
as it was close by and he saw the school across the
street. He started crossing the street. There was a
huge truck that speeded beyond the speed limit.
Though the street cross signal was on for pedestrians,
the traffic police on the other side of the street noticed
this truck rampage and he started waving the ‘stop’
sign board. Poor Charlie couldn’t make out why the
police were waving this and continued walking.
Suddenly, the huge truck crashed into him, he couldn't
survive, the injuries were too severe.
Just because he couldn't read…
This is an example to show why reading is important,
that it should be as essential as bare necessities.
Sources also show that a minimum of 20 minutes of
reading can improve a child’s grade by 90% more than
any of their peers/classmates. (Staff)
Conflicts and wars have played a major role in taking
away basic education from children. Niger, South Sudan,
and the Central African Republic are all countries that
suffer at least 69% of 15-24-year-olds who have the
inability to read. (“3 in 10 Young People in Conflict or
Disaster-Stricken Countries Are Illiterate”)
An important thing to add that reading improves is a
child’s imagination. It also improves the mental health
of the child.

‘Medicinal therapies to combat depression can be
reduced by incorporating reading habits. This is
exactly what self-help books, novels, blogs, articles,
and non-fiction books contribute. Reading is found to
lower the heart rate, reduce stress and decrease
blood pressure.’ (Edu)
Qatar’s education above all foundation has provided
45,000 classrooms and schools. EAA has also provided
training to teachers of up to 395,558 people. They have
provided scholarships to 9,009 students who have high
academia. This type of initiative should inspire the world to
create a change and impact to help people in need.
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To conclude, we can understand that reading is an
indispensable necessity or an essential aspect of learning,
and has multiple benefits attached to this activity/
exercise. Reading is crucial because it is said to make you
more empathetic, and knowledgeable and shows to
stimulate your imagination. A study was conducted by the
University of Sussex to show that reading decreases
stress by an astonishing 68%. It is also said to help in
reducing tension and relaxing muscles which helps people
sleep better, have better mental health, and stay healthy.
“Education can make or break a child’s future,” Ms. Fore
said. “For all children to fully reap the benefits of learning,
it is key that they get the best quality education possible,
as early as possible.”(“3 in 10 Young People in Conflict or
Disaster-Stricken Countries Are Illiterate”)
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Primary School.” Stnicholasprimaryschool.org.uk, 9 Jan.
2020, stnicholasprimaryschool.org.uk/the-importance-ofreading-2/.
Accessed 21 Sept. 2022.
Merrimack College Editor. “5 Reasons Reading Is so
Important for Student Success.” Merrimack College
Online, 8 May 2019, online.merrimack.edu/student-literacyimportant-for-student-success/
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Countries Are Illiterate.” Unicef.org, 2018, www.unicef.org/

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