List curated by the Education Team
Searching for a unique way to express your love or appreciation for someone special this holiday season? Look no further than the list below, which highlights not only The FAWCO Foundation and books by FAWCO members, but also other education-related giving opportunities from around the world. From our homes to yours, the Education Team wishes you peace and good health as we close out 2021, and hope as we embrace 2022.
The FAWCO Foundation (TFF) – Designate your funds to the Target Project S.A.F. E., Education Awards, Development Grants or the General Fund, and TFF will send a card to the person you are honoring! (The FAWCO Foundation is the philanthropic arm of FAWCO.) https://www.fawcofoundation.org/
What is a Perfect World? – This book written by Nancy Lynner (AWC Central Scotland), illustrated by Tharien van Eck (AWC Antwerp), designed by Joyce Halsan (AWC Central Scotland) and produced by Amanda Drollinger (AWC Central Scotland) allows readers to discuss eleven different world issues with young children and highlights the important work the children can focus on as they grow up. All net proceeds will benefit the FAWCO Target Project in perpetuity.
To order:
- Within the EU: €15 (plus postage). Contact Tharien van Eck at .
- Within the UK: GBP15 (plus postage). Contact Nancy Lynner at .
- Rest of the world: What is a Perfect World? (Amazon UK); What is a Perfect World? (Amazon).
Hope is the Thing with Feathers: Portraits of Human Traffiking Survivors and Change-Makers – With an essay by Robin Meloy Goldsby, AIWC Cologne and Mary Adams, AWC The Hague, and photographs by My-Linh Kuntz, AWC Berlin, this book supports the Breaking the Cycle FAWCO Foundation Human Rights Development Grant, sponsored in part by AW Eastern Provence. Click HERE for a slide show and more information; click HERE for the order form.
Educate a Girl – Camfed (originally called the Campaign for Female Education) helps girls in African countries get an education. One of the world’s best bargains is the chance to help a girl in a country like Ghana, Malawi or Zimbabwe go to school: a year in high school costs $150, elementary school about $30.https://camfed.org/
Slum2School – Suggested by Abi Daré, author of Girl with the Louding Voice, this organization “work(s) directly with communities to design and implement impact programs that are uniquely suited to meet their needs while ensuring that access to quality education is ultimately provided for the children.” Two of their programs, the I am More Campaign and the Virtual Learning Program, reach 15,000 underserved students worldwide. Click HERE to check it out!
Safe School Initiative of the Mwangaza Education Centre – Recommended by FAUSA member and author Juliet Cutler, this initiative serves students in Tanzania. Juliet notes: “It has been a difficult period in many respects . . . COVID-19 has led to a lot of suffering, including economic suffering that has led to more child marriages. Families get a bride price to feed themselves. That said, the Safe Initiative is doing some amazing work around community engagement and has made a real difference in the lives of the young women it serves. One young woman in the program scored among the top students in the country on her national exams earlier this year and was selected to begin medical school last month.”
Click HERE for more information!
Disclaimer: These resources are for information only. With the exception of the FAWCO-related options, there is no endorsement of the charities or products included in this review.
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