Education Cost-Effectiveness Brief - ALP & Coaching

In the latest installment of Youth Voices, Josephine discusses the value of education and the sacrifices which have gotten her so far.

In September, 2014, IRC Voice and opera singer Danielle de Niese visited IRC's WEKEZA Education Program in Tanzania. The program uses education to reduce the exploitation of child labor.

Not only do many Afghan girls grow up in remote villages without schools, all girls over the age of twelve are now barred from formal education.

Adult Education programs provide community and crucial language skills for refugees, asylees, and immigrants looking to advance in New York City.

The IRC’s education programming for primary school-aged children has three overarching goals: (1) to ensure that children enroll in and attend school regularly; (2) to protect children from all forms of violence in school and on their way to school; and (3) to build fundamental reading, math and social-emotional skills.

Together Sesame Street's Grover and International Rescue Committee ambassador Mandy Patinkin are on a mission to help refugee children. Learn more about the IRC's partnership with Sesame Workshop to address the educational needs of young Syrian refugees in the Middle East.

With $100 million awarded in the MacArthur Foundation’s 100andChange competition, the International Rescue Committee and 'Sesame Street' will reach millions of refugee children in the Middle East with education and hope. In this video, see our work in action in Lebanon as we help young Syrian children build the language, reading, math and emotional skills they need to succeed. 

Colombia’s Education Crisis: Results from a Learning Assessment of Host Community and Venezuelan Children

Originally from Burundi, Vital was one of thousands of Burundians forced to flee in 1972. At 19 years old, he lived in a temporary center that hosted refugees in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, formerly known as Zaire. He spent ten years in the DRC and continued his education despite the challenging circumstances.