Education – International Institution of Rural Reconstruction

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Our Goats for Girls program in Ethiopia, Kenya and Ethiopia is a highly effective way to support young girls’ education by providing a sustainable...

August 30, 2016 1261 0

Jackie is only 21 years old and is already a mother of 2 children, ages 4 and 5. When she got married at the age of 15 she lost all hope of...

May 30, 2016 1392 0

Achuka Simon lost the use of his legs from polio as an infant, but he never lost his determination and spirit. As a Primary Five student at...

May 30, 2016 959 0

Sidonia Evasio is 19 years-old and lives in the South Sudan. She hails from Western Equatoria State, a largely agricultural region, which, like...

More than half of children missing out on school live in sub-Saharan Africa (UNESCO 2013). Most of those children are girls. A good example of...

Atim Vicky, 24, is a classic case of a young girl whose poverty and unplanned early pregnancy made the future appear dim. Atim was born in a small...

UN Women awards a three year grant of $1 million to IIRR for a project: “To Stop Violence Against Women and Girls in Samburu, Marsabit and Isiolo...

Against all odds, at 17 Eddy Gabriel Leleur stands taller than his classmates in Form One (ninth grade) at Maralal High School, in Maralal town of...

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Damo Sako is a 16-year old girl in grade 7 at Mucha Primary School in Goro Dollo district of Ormiya regional state, over 600 km south of Addis...