Education in the broadest sense of the term

Children’s education is an important priority. If we want to improve the future and reduce poverty, increasing the accessibility and quality of education is a challenge that we should take on. So, we must act together. By acting one does not only mean doing one big thing, it can also mean doing many small things that will contribute to one bigger thing. As Vincent Van Gosh once stated, “Big things are accomplished by a series of small things”.

The KondiKids Foundation will help children by taking the following actions:

• Taking over of all or part of the schooling;
• Support for the purchase of school supplies;
• Sponsorship of children;
• Individual follow-up and mentoring;
• Building libraries to encourage readings;
• Through awards and ceremonies, provide a focus on rewarding academic accomplishment and celebrating achievements in order to shift the attitudes regarding education and to foster excellence;
• Give workshops to parents and children on how to educate children, support them in their studies, and respond to other inquiries.

Action in the social and cultural development of children

The assimilation to one’s culture is integral part to a child’s education. Every child has the right to be educated within his/her culture. If it is an affirmation of principle, everyone has the right to cultural differences and to an identity rooted in its origins. It is also a requirement for efficiency; any education that does not take into consideration child’s roots plunges him into significant contradictions that may hinder his/her academic success. In this way the foundation acts by:

• Setting up a program to promote mother tongues and national languages, knowledge of the history of the community, family roots, etc.;
• Promoting local culture (such as strengthening the culture of caring for others and making a living, etc.), promoting local art, local dances and music, social practices and even local cuisines;
• Promoting the children’s positive social skills with their peers, their family and within society;
• Raising the (grand)parents awareness of the influence they have on the development of the children’s positive social behaviour;
• Promoting and multiplying the number of social encounters or interactions with their peers, between families, and between young and old;
• Raising awareness of mutual social assistance;
• Promoting bilingualism.