Educational Focus

Projects

	Escuela Lyoness / Honduras
Building the first Lyoness Foundation School read the whole story »

	Orphanage / Tanzania
Construction of two orphanages in Ifakara read the whole story »

	Afar People / Ethiopia
Prevention of starvation in the Afar region read the whole story »

Educational Focus

Following the guiding philosophy “Preserving life through education”, the Lyoness Child & Family Foundation has committed itself to provide people with education and training, which they would otherwise not have access to. The Lyoness Child & Family Foundation selects projects based on five required criteria relating to education:

Early childhood education

The field of early childhood education focuses on children under six years of age, on their parents or legal guardians and on organisations associated with infants. Within the framework of early childhood education, children should be supported in the areas of language, exercise, music and social behaviour.

School education

This theme deals with education from the elementary school level up to the entrance requirements for higher education. Children and teenagers should receive an education that is appropriate for their age. A further goal is to enable as many children as possible to attain the general qualifications in order to meet the requirements for university entrance and therefore provide them with a better chance in life. The Children’s Rights Convention of 1989 states that every child has the right to receive education. With our projects we want to actively support this resolution.

Occupational training

Alongside general education, a focus of our work is specific occupational/professional training. Whilst specialists are in demand all over the world, specific occupational/professional training is very hard to obtain in some countries. The Lyoness Child & Family Foundation is campaigning to make occupational training possible for deprived people who, as trained specialists, will have better chances of obtaining secure jobs.

Adult education

Lifelong learning – adult education with a holistic basis and strong links to practice to fulfil the individual experiences and everyday life expectations and aims of the participant. Adult education represents an important future source of hope for social and economic development and for the raising of awareness.

Grass roots work

The pursuit of a long-term, integrated and sustainable approach to all of our projects is important for us. Prior to project planning we consider which measures are necessary to be able to offer people in need the possibility of independent development. In most cases the first task is to cover the basic needs of a group of an beneficiaries - health, nutrition, clothing and accommodation - so as to be able later to achieve sustainable changes in our core topic of “education”. The goal is to help people to help themselves.

"“The biggest problem in the world is poverty in connection with missing education. We have to take care that education achieves everyone everywhere.” Nelson Mandela, Interview Reader’s Digest, April 2005.