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Education, when it is accessible, is the "great equalizer." It combats economic disparity and affords people from any background the opportunity to realize a promising future. When education is absent, however, it can lock entire nations into cycles of poverty.
Child Empowerment International views providing free education as the front lines for combating global poverty. By addressing its root cause, we are empowering children to become the leaders of the next generation.
Recent studies have shown that providing education is one of the highest yielding investments you can make in the developing world. It empowers families, neighborhoods and entire communities. According to the World Bank, each year of education increases an individual person's future earnings by 10 percent. In poorer countries this percentage is even higher.
Since 1998, CEI has been investing in the marginalized children of Sri Lanka, providing free primary and secondary education for tens of thousands of children. We currently operate 57 schools with 5,500 students all over the country. We personally hire and train our staff of 250 teachers. Our curriculum has proven very effective, as our students put up some of the highest standardized test scores in all of Sri Lanka.
Along with a basic education, we also provide our students with vocational training in several different professions. So while they are learning biology and grammar, they are also training to become carpenters, seamstresses, chefs, mechanics and hotel managers. Many of our schools offer computer training and ESL classes as well.
Empowerment means equipping children to have successful, meaningful, healthy lives.
