1. Advocating for grandmothers, vulnerable children and youth
in sub-Saharan Africa
Quality
Education for All

2. Who we are Grandmothers Advocacy Network (GRAN) is:
a dynamic network of volunteers across Canada
registered under Canada’s Not for Profit Corporations Act
Our goal is to advocate in meaningful and strategic ways to foster Canadian government and global organizations’ support for policies and programs that will improve the human rights of grandmothers, vulnerable children and youth in sub-Saharan Africa.

3. Our Working Groups Right to Health
Issue
Access to Medicines
Right to Full Participation, Gender Equity and Respect
Issue
Education for All
Right to Safety and Security
Issues
Physical Safety and Human Rights

4. Education for All Sustainable Development Goal #4
Ensure inclusive and equitable quality education
and promote lifelong learning
opportunities for all

5. In sub Saharan Africa 55,000,000 children are out of school
50% of primary classes exceed 50 pupils
31% of primary schools have no toilets
17,000,000 teachers needed to meet
Universal Primary and Secondary
Education by 2030
123 million women are illiterate (64%)

6. How would your day/week be different if you could not read or write?

7. Education transforms lives.
Education reduces poverty, fosters economic prosperity,
reduces exploitation,
deepens the foundations of democracy,
creates healthier societies and enables people
to reach their full potential.
EFA Global Monitoring Report 2013

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9. Barriers to Girls’ Education
Extreme Poverty
Lack of Schools (Infrastructure)
Lack of Quality Trained Teachers
Violence
Early Child Marriage
Lack of Water and Sanitation
HIV Epidemic in Adolescent Girls

10. Results of Barriers
NO choice NO control NO voice NO confidence NO NO participation NO DREAMS

11. Why is Quality Important?
Education is the foundation to
learning throughout life in a
complex and rapidly changing world.
Access to school does not mean
children are learning.
250 million children are leaving
grade 4 without basic literacy skills.

12. Why Quality Trained Teachers
Good teachers inspire us and motivate us to
reach new heights.
Quality, well-motivated and supported teachers
are vital for learning and crucial to creating
lasting change.
17 million primary and secondary teacher
shortage predicted for 2030 in sub Saharan Africa.
Many teachers are not trained according to national standards.

13. Challenges Certification of teachers Professional Development
Overcrowded Classrooms
Salaries
Violence
Respect for Teaching as a Profession

14. Suwaiba Yunusa from Nigeria

15. Canada’s Contribution to Education
Year
Total ODA
(Official
Development
Assistance)
Contribution
to Education
% Education
of ODA
$4.8 Bil
(0.34%)
$656 mil
14%
$4.6 Bil
(0.27%)
$325 mil 7%
$4.5 Bil
(0.24%)
$343 mil 8%
Graph from Education
Watch 2015

16. Our Government Mandate letter: will refocus development
assistance on helping the poorest and
most vulnerable and fragile states
Will consult with Canadian and international aid organizations to review current policies and funding frameworks
Will refocus aid priorities on poverty reduction
Education commitments in Budget 2016 to Indigenous education
Waiting for new International Aid Policy (spring 2017)

17. GRAN supports 2015 Canada pledged $120 million to
The Global Partnership For Education for
with the support of GRAN advocacy actions.
The Global Partnership for Education (GPE) is the only organization
focussed multilateral partnership in the world that works to get
out of school children into school and learning.
Replenishment time is here again.

18. GPE Achievements in 2016 3,000 classrooms 30+ million books
240,000+ teachers trained
22 mil more children in school, including 10 mil more girls
31 partner countries have achieved gender parity in primary school

19. Global Partnership for Education at Work in Rwanda

20. Education is Not Just the ABCs

21. Education Needs You…..
To have conversations
To write letters To

22. Everyone deserves a full life! Education is key!
Julia clip

23. Resources http://grandmothersadvocacy.org www.globalpartnership.org
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25. Adult Literacy grandmothers in sub-Saharan Africa….
Much of the available data excludes people over the age of 49
781 million illiterate adults (2/3 are women)
Definition of literacy is changing:
The UNESCO 2005 definition considers literacy as the ability to identify, understand, interpret, create, communicate and compute
using printed and written materials associated with various contexts.
Adult literacy has slipped down both international and national agendas.
Consider what illiteracy might mean for
grandmothers in sub-Saharan Africa….

31. to properly care for the children in their care and to help them
Life Long Learning
Older Women have a right to achieve their potential and have the skills
to properly care for the children
in their care and to help them
achieve their potential.
Literacy is more than the personal ability to read and write. It is a powerful vehicle to empower people and help them obtain the adequate life skills and entrepreneurship capacities to tackle contemporary challenges and optimize opportunities for sustainable development.
Chitra Lekha Yadav,
Minister for Education
Democratic Republic of Nepal
Priscilla Sitienei, 90, from Ndalat in Kenya, world's oldest student

32. Education in Emergencies
Emergencies include conflict, natural disasters, displacement, epidemics
130 million children and youth live in emergency states
Refugee Crisis: worst since WWII
Between 2009 & 2013, there were 10,000 attacks on school children, teachers and schools in 70+ countries
Less than 2% of humanitarian assistance worldwide is given to education in emergencies
What is the impact on children and their communities?