Words from Oxfam

Jim Clarken, Chief Executive, Oxfam Ireland sent us some very interesting information about education and development in the new millennium.

He tells us that the long-term impact of the global economic crisis of 2008 on education will be severe. Due to this crisis some of the world’s poorest families may be forced to pull their children out of school for economic reasons. With rising malnutrition, the education of many children will suffer due to hunger. Sub-Saharan Africa alone could see a reduction of $4.6bn per year in the total resources available for education to 2010.

Mr Clarken believes we must now band together to tackle one of the most pressing human rights challenges of our day: the denial of a basic education to millions of girls and boys, in the poorest countries.

Thanks you to Mr Clarken for sending us this stark reminder.