From unicef.org/malaysia
To kick off the new year, UNICEF is drawing attention to the plight of children with no access to education. Their ongoing collaboration with a number of local and international partners aim to achieve the Education for All goals, which upholds the rights of all children to an education, and thus improve their lives beyond the classroom. Currently, there are 93 million children across the world who have no access to education.
Expanding from the success of the Schools for Africa initiative, UNICEF has created Schools for Asia that operates in Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, India, Lao PDR, Mongolia, Nepal, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Timor-Leste and Vietnam, again with the focus on under priviledged children who (for varying reasons) are unable to get an education.
Closer to home, UNICEF recently worked in partnership with the Malaysian Government to bring education to the undocumented children in Kampung Numbak, Sabah. It is estimated that there are about 44,000 undocumented children in Malaysia who can’t go to school.
For more information on how to get involved with UNICEF in their mission to send these children to school, click here.
