The Unstoppable Foundation Fights For Girls' Education In Africa

LOS ANGELES, May 19, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- As a global spotlight shines on the tragic kidnapping of Nigerian schoolgirls, The Unstoppable Foundation's Cynthia Kersey reiterated the importance of every child's right to an education. "There is an urgent need to continue to stand for girls' education," said Kersey, founder and CEO.

"While we finish the school year in the U.S., 57 million children around the world aren't getting an education at all," said Kersey.  "Nearly 50 percent of those children live in sub-Saharan Africa, where the Unstoppable Foundation is focusing our work."

Kersey created The Unstoppable Foundation in 2008, with the vision that every child has the right to an education.   Since then the Foundation's work has created 56 primary schools and two secondary schools for girls where 6,000 children are receiving an education and a daily nutritious meal.  To ensure that the education of girls is sustainable and ongoing, the Foundation's model also provides access to clean water, sanitation and healthcare for 17,000 people, and income training to 2,600 adults.

For the vast majority of girls who do get an education, school ends after grade eight. Addressing the need for secondary education, the Unstoppable Foundation collaborated with implementing partner Free the Children, to create the all-new Oleleshwa Girls Secondary School in Kenya.  For the first time, girls are receiving a high school education close to home, empowering them as future leaders in their communities, instead of being married off at an early age and forced into a life of extreme poverty. 

"When a woman earns a dollar, 70 percent of that goes back to improving the family and community.  This underscores the need to provide sustainable education for girls," said Kersey.

The Unstoppable Foundation utilizes the "Sponsor A Village" approach to ensure that education is sustainable and communities are self-supporting.  This proven model provides the entire community with access to clean water and sanitation, food and nutrition, healthcare, and education for the parents to earn an income.

The Unstoppable Foundation is a non-profit humanitarian organization bringing sustainable education to children and communities in developing countries, thereby creating a safer and more just world for everyone. 

Support The Unstoppable Foundation's 2014 initiative to educate 5,000 children in developing communities around the world. Learn more at www.unstoppablefoundation.org

SOURCE The Unstoppable Foundation

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