Education in Africa is definitely one of the most talked about places when it comes to countries in need of help. However, how often do we forget about the Latin American countries? They could use our help too. Countries such as Peru, Columbia, and Ecuador have standards below what they should be, especially for females. For primary education, 90% or more children have the availability of a school system and are enrolled in these countries, (already less than 50% girls) but when it comes to secondary education, only 50-70% of women in Peru and Columbia are enrolled. Ecuador has less than 50% of it‘s younger women enrolled to gain a secondary education.

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The Harvard Review for Latin America (http://www.drclas.harvard.edu/revista/articles/view/491), talks about education being linked to poverty in the Latin American countries. Going along with this topic, members of the community that have higher social status and power are often the ones who can get the higher education, but if you don’t already have a higher education, you don’t have a high social status. It’s a never ending circle; a Catch-22 if you will.


The children in these countries are often in need of help in order to get the education they need and here are some sites to help. If you can contribute, please do. We could be the link to helping some of these children better their lives.


http://plan-international.org/where-we-work/americas/peru



http://www.worldvision.org/content.nsf/learn/world-vision-peru



http://sponsor-a-child.net/



https://www.planusa.org/contentmgr/showdetails.php/id/396744




All four of these sites provide information on how to sponsor a child in another country, and what you can do for them. Help give the children of today the chance to have a good education.




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