Soroptimist School Projects

Soroptimists International join forces to tackle education issues.

Together, primary schools for girls are built, giving the children a chance to read and write, equipping them for further education - so as to become independent and capable of making their own living in the future
-uniforms and books are provided for, and parents are motivated to take the children to school



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Walk the World!

Last Sunday, 7th June 2009, the whole world was once again on the move. Within 24 hours and in all 24 time zones, thousands of people put on their walking shoes and joined in a five kilometer walk to campaign against poverty and hunger.

Did you know that:

• More than 800 million people in the world do not get enough to eat, most of them are women and children.
• Almost 200 million children under five years of age are underweight due to a lack of food
• Malnutrition in children causes mental retardation and physical stunting
• One child dies every seven seconds from hunger and related causes
• For only US$ 50 per year (or 25 cents a day) you can fill a plate of nutritious porridge for a needy child in school.

End Hunger - Walk the World is a global event initiated in 2003 by TNT, a global mail and logistics company, in partnership with the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP). TNT and WFP works together with FAO and many NGOs to help raise awareness about poverty and hunger in the world and raise funds for WFP supported school feeding programmes in the poorest countries. School feeding programmes are a powerful way of reducing child hunger and increasing the enrollment of more children, and particularly girls, in primary schools, which is part of our SI Programme Focus 2007-2011 and the corresponding Millennium Development Goals.

Did your club participate?
To find out how to organize a ‘’Walk’’ visit www.WFP.org ( > How to Help > For Individuals and you will find “Walk the World” and “How to find out More”).
There may also be a WFP Office in your own country or region which you can contact directly. To organize a ‘’Walk’’ is easy and a lot of fun – and, remember, your Club will be encouraging many more children, and specially girls, from poor countries, to attend school and help them fight hunger pains and concentrate on their studies.

We'd love to hear your stories of participation, so if you have any pictures and experiences to share and inspire the world with, please send them to:

soroptimist.europe@googlemail.com

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