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Eritrea Girl's Education Benefits the Whole Society The Evangelical Church of Eritrea joined the LWF in 1963 and has a membership of 12,000 In Eritrea, where more than 60 percent of the population lives in poverty, poorer families find it difficult to send their children to school. Education is a basic human right, yet more than 25 percent of Eritrean children do not attend school. For many cultural, social and economic reasons, girls are more likely to be excluded from education than boys, and the gap between girls’ an boys’ participation increases in the higher grades. The LWF program operates a project for improving girls’ participation and performance in education. The project focuses on 2200 girl students attending grade seven classes in 73 schools around the country. The project emphasizes the importance of education girls, and provides tutorial classes in English and math. School committees of parents and teachers identify girls who need extra help. The schools then assign competent teachers for tutoring and role modeling. Stipends, school uniforms and transportation tokens are provided. The project has had a significant impact. Enrollment of girls has risen, dropout rates have fallen, and 85% of the girls graduate to the next grade.
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