The WCO is passionate about bringing education to children all over the world, and to helping stamp out poverty. We believe that every child has the right to a proper future and we know that education is the first step towards achieving this civil liberty.
Our mission is to provide schooling and educational materials to the poorest children in the world, which is why one of our main projects is building schools.
The WCO is involved in projects which include:
- Building new schools in remote and poor areas
- Rebuilding or repairing dilapidated or war-ravaged schools
- Providing educational materials and resources to existing classrooms
- Helping to train teachers how to educate children
- Providing courses which enable the community to train and hire more teachers
Each community has its own requirements and the WCO is dedicated to helping them meet those needs. Whether a town requires its school to be completely rebuilt or needs its teachers retrained, the WCO tries to help wherever and whenever it can.
The WCO’s primary goal is to provide the minimum amount of literacy education to needy children, and to give at least five years of primary school education. But this is only the very basic level of our ambitions. We want to do much more than this, including sending children onto secondary school and college. The WCO works tirelessly to carve out a better life for children in all circumstances.
The WCO also believes in equality between the sexes, races, and religions. That means that we believe no child should be discriminated against and that every child should be given the same opportunity for education.
In particular, we are interested in providing educational prospects for girls, as in many countries girls are often forced into marginalised child labour instead of going to school. Studies have also shown that when girls are educated, they earn a better income, are more productive at work, hold off on marriage, and have fewer and healthier children. This is a major method of helping to eradicate poverty – not just for this generation, but for the next generations to come.
At the World Forum for Education in April 2000 in Dakar, Senegal, the “Education for All” initiative was agreed, which included providing primary education to underprivileged girls and boys. This is one of the major areas the WCO wants to focus on
The benefits of building schools in disadvantaged areas are many, and can be found listed below
Benefits of School Building:
Education
Of course, the main benefit to building schools is the increase of education it offers to children in poor and rural communities. Education is the essential building block that helps children grow and flourish. Without education many children fall into a world of poverty, crime, abuse, and neglect.
The WCO works hard to bring educational opportunities to every child that we can. This means that children can grow up to be productive adults, which means they can escape the vicious cycle of poverty that currently exists.
It is important that children learn how to become self-sufficient so that they can help to improve their economy and society as a whole.
Community spirit and partnership
Building a school involves a lot of hard work and commitment, and the WCO realises that this is best achieved by working with the communities they aim to help. We encourage people of all ages to get involved with the construction of the school, which promotes social interaction and increases communications within the town.
Many members of the community are willing to contribute their time, labour, and resources when working together to reach a common goal – a goal that will help their children create a better future for themselves and their country.
When members of the village feel personally invested in community projects, they begin to realise just how important education is, and what they can achieve when they all work together. They take ownership of the situation and start to help themselves, as opposed to just accepting charity.
It is also important that locals help with building the schools in order to prove that indigenous people have the capability and skills of developing their own village, lives, and country.
Most importantly, school building allows more education to children who would otherwise have none or very little at all. It helps them to acquire the skills they will need to becoming fully functional members of the adult society.
Youth Involvement
It is vital to get the youth in a community motivated and geared up about their future. With no motivation, children won’t strive to reach the educational goals they need to hit in order to break the cycle of child labour and poverty.
By building schools it helps to provide a community of children who all have the same goals and ambitions, and who have something concrete to work from. They can motivate and inspire each other, and their socialisation skills will also be greatly increased. This will in turn build a network of support, improve communication skills, and develop friendships – things that are fundamental to becoming a well-rounded adult.
Consistency
Children need consistency in their life. They need a safe and nurturing environment that helps them to grow and flourish into adulthood. They need regular, structured education in order to learn the life skills that will help them get better jobs when they leave school, so that they can earn more money and provide a better life for them and their family.
It is also important that children are educated about health issues as well. This is something that is routinely neglected in many poor or rural communities. In fact, many misconceptions about sex, sexually transmitted diseases, and basic hygiene have contributed to the rise in HIV/AIDS and deaths of children with otherwise curable illnesses.
Equality
When the WCO involves itself in school building we focus on creating equality for all children. Not only do we help children regardless of their sex, religion, or creed, we also help children regardless of their social or economic status.
Equality, especially between the sexes, is very important in many poor countries, because girls are often seen as worth less than boys. The WCO hopes that by building schools we will be able to educate children that this is not the case; that all children are equal. That way, we can help redress the balance once and for all.
School building is an important and essential aspect of the WCO’s work, because without schools, many children would have no chance to change their lives. Education is the key to creating a better world, and now is the best time to do something about it.
At the WCO we believe that the community looking for help should become involved in each and every project in their town. That’s why we ask for the communities to come up with half of the resources, and we will contribute the rest. It is important that villages get involved, as they need to show that they care about child education and that they want to help change their future. For any town interested in a contribution from the WCO, please fill in the form below
Initial Application Form – Help from the WCO
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| What are you able and willing to contribute to the improvement of your town? |
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