Effects+of+lack+of+Education

=** How does the lack of education affect Ethiopian Children? **=

All systems in an ecosystem affect each other, and education affects Ethiopian children a lot. It completely changes their lifestyle depending on whether they receive education or not. There are two main points that education bring and the lack of education can take away: hope and a wide choice of lifestyle. This story (click [|here]) is about a girl who’s life got changed by the co-founder of COEEF, Norm. He had brought her to America, and she writes that if he hadn’t, she probably would have quit school at an early age and would have died of disease and/or hunger without a family to take care of her. She says that Norm inspired her. One of the things that education brings is hope. This girl, Mia, wrote that if she hadn’t met Norm and achieved a proper education, she would have to live her life without knowing what was going on in the world around her and how she could live. She said that because of education, she was “ here, alive, educated and happy ” – Mia

//Mia// There was another story recorded by World Vision [|here]. It was about an eleven year old girl named Tarikayehu Sali. She started off with saying that if she had not received an education, she “ would have married at an early age, like my [Tarikayehu’s] mother.” She got sponsored to go to a school, which she doesn’t take lightly. With this chance of education, she has a new life paved in front of her. A child without education is very limited in what he or she has to choose – right now, many jobs require that a person goes to high school. Children that do not receive education have less of a chance to get better jobs, but more fortunate children like Tarikayehu may have a wider life in front of them. //Tarikayehu// These two key points are what children without education are missing: First of all, they have not as much hope in them. Like Mia said, her life would be rather depressing if she did not have education. She would have an extremely slim chance of living through her life. Secondly, education gave a chance to a broader life. Tarikayehu said that “ When I grow up, I want to be an English teacher … !” Without the education that she received, that will most likely not happen. So, in conclusion, the lack of hope and a larger choice of a living will come with the lack of education.

//... by Jiayi// // Resources // Tarikayehu’s story http://www.worldvision.org/news.nsf/news/200708_ethiopia?Open&wvsrc=enews&lpos=main&lid=ethiopia200708 Mia’s Story http://www.coeef.org/childstories.shtml Mia’s Picture http://www.coeef.org/images/girls/mia1106wb.jpg Tarikayehu’s Picture [|http://www.worldvision.org/resources.nsf/main/eNews_200708/$file/enews_ethiopia_200708.jpg