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The goal of the Foundation Education Runway is to jointly create a ‘runway of education’ for young people in poor areas in Africa, so that they are receiving some ‘tailwind’ for a better future. Education promotes the self-reliance of the individual and therefore of the community. This goal is in line with Millennium Development Goal (MDG) 2; Achieve Universal Primary Education.
In the early days, Education Runway mainly offered financial support to organizations that are committed to small-scale general education projects in collaboration with the local population. From 2011 to 2014, a total of 31 people were trained in 4 countries at the expense of the Education Runway Foundation.
In the meantime, the board of the Education Runway Foundation has decided to support more sustainable educational projects, which have an ‘oil slick effect’. As a result, since 2015 only young people in Africa are being supported, who have the ambition to become teachers in their own community, but do not have the money to follow the education.
The students which Education Runway supports are selected by professional and reliable organizations on the ground. As a Foundation, we attach great value to personal involvement and regular feedback on our students’ results. Education Runway also ensures that costs are transparent and transaction costs remain low.
– Mariam Yussif Pumaya’s video from Tamale, Ghana
– Mengistu’s video from Lalibela, Ethiopia