Improving Yourself

                              This week’s thought - Improving Yourself!

"There's only one corner of the universe you can be certain of improving, and that's your own self."

                                                         ~ Aldous Huxley.

"Tell me, what else should I have done? Doesn't everything die at last, and too soon? Tell me, what is it you plan to do         With your one wild and precious life." -- 

                                                              Mary Oliver

                                                         Dear Community,

We have all heard the saying that "it takes a village to raise a child." This is so true when it comes to the mission here at Destiny Progressive Group

 

                                                                       The Problem

Every young person should have the opportunity to go to school and learn. But that is not the reality for far too many children.

57 million children around the world do not go to school. Tens of millions more will drop out and never complete secondary school. Another 250 million children go to school but do not learn to read or write.
Why isn’t anything being done?

We’ve started, but the job remains unfinished.

In 2000, world leaders made a commitment to get all children into school by 2015. We are now three years from that deadline. The out-of-school number is on the rise in some regions, threatening to erode the progress we have made by enrolling over 40 million children. It’s time for us to make a final push and get all children into school and learning.
Who’s not in school
Girls

Girls represent 32 million of the out-of school children. They face discrimination, and are forced into marriage and even subjected to violence for wanting to learn. Every day, 25,000 girls are forced into marriage and out of school – the end of their only opportunity to learn.
Child Laborers & Soldiers

More than 15 million children and young people are forced into child labor and slavery. Instead of being in school, they are working in the streets, fields or mines. Worse, more than 250,000 of those children are being forced to serve as soldiers.
Refugees & the Disabled

Millions of children live in conflict areas, refugee camps or have been displaced. Others suffer from disabilities like blindness, and have not been provided the opportunity to learn.
Schools without teachers

Many children, particularly in rural areas, have no teachers. We will need two million more teachers in order to get every child in school and learning by 2015.
Why should we care?

We can be the first generation to develop all of the talents of all of our young people by enrolling every child and young person into school and making sure they leave with basic skills. If we do this, we eliminate poverty. If we do this, we improve health and well-being. If we do this, economies will grow and unemployment will decrease. If we do this, we will live in a more peaceful and secure society.

"Decide to be your best. In the long run the world is goig to want and have the best and that might as well be you."

                                      Booker T. Washington, Educator

“Never underestimate the determination of a kid who is time-rich and cash-poor.”
―                           Cory Doctorow, Little Brother