Buthainer saves money to pay her school fees

Buthainer, a 12 year old girl from Uganda notes: “I save my money so that it can help me in paying my school fees. My father doesn't have enough money to pay my school fees, which is the only challenge I face.”

Now that Aflatoun has taught Buthainer about her rights as a child she notes: “I have learnt my rights and responsibilities as a child... a right is a natural freedom that every child must get or enjoy like right to education, feeding, medical care, and right to norms. For me, I enjoy the feeding right but I don't enjoy the education right fully because I have a problem of school fees, but some girls don't enjoy a right to education... the girl child... the parents think that if the girls grow up they will get married and they will only educate the boys?

Training in Mali

From 7 - 9 September, the Secretariat conducted an Aflatoun training in Bamako, Mali, in collaboration with Aflatoun's Malian partner GAP/CAMIDE and with the support of the Philippson Foundation. Among the 25 participants were partners, ministry of education officials, inspectors, school principals and teachers from Mali, Senegal, Burkina Faso and Rwanda. The aim of this training is to facilitate the upcoming implementation of the Aflatoun programme as the schools prepare for their new school year. This training is part of the Aflatoun goal to reach more and more children in the francophone African region.

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Aflatoun

Aflatoun provides children aged 6-18 with Social & Financial Education. Today, Aflatoun is helping children save in 43 countries. Aflatoun is also in preparation in 36 other countries.

Aflatoun provides children with the building blocks of life, encouraging them to save their resources and start social and financial microenterprises. Through Social & Financial Education, children are empowered to make a positive change in their lives and in their communities and eventually break the cycle of poverty in which many find themselves.

The map below indicated the countries in which Aflatoun is present, our local partners, and the programme's level of preparation.

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