Education Today newsletter, July - September, 2003- Learning World

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Education grant takes children off the street
The Brazilian government pays poor parents to send their children to school. “I help my mother a lot because I go to school. Now we can pay the electricity bills and buy books, pens and even toys and sandals,” says Geislane Jose da Silva, a shy 8-year-old girl enrolled in a public school in Cidade Ocidental, a small town 50 kms. >> More

Lifeskills and small loans
A project is breaking the vicious circle for young women in Kenya’s slums. At 17, many girls in Nairobi’s slums have married, given birth and even divorced. A number of them hold on to their marriages, not out of choice but necessity. They are lured by men who promise to cater to their basic wants – food, shelter and clothing – which they cannot satisfy at home. >> More

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