Education is vital to a thriving society. A society that is ignorant will become the breeding ground for violence and intolerance. But an educated society will be a breeding ground for tolerance and peace, justice and understanding, innovation and advancement, and positive, self-sustaining growth. It's important to educate our children, no matter where they live, for they will grow to become responsible citizens of their society.

Each child represents a future, the future of the community, of the country, and indeed the future of the whole world.
141,000,000 people in East Africa live on less than $2US/day Typical family size has 6 children. Cost of education remains the largest obstacle: 700 full board, $30 uniform/shoes, $30 school supplies/term.
Although literacy rates have greatly improved in Africa over the last few decades, approximately 40% of Africans over the age of 15, and 50% of women above the age of 25 remain illiterate.[4]
Illiteracy among individuals over the age of 15 stands at 41 per cent; gender disparity in education prevails in 75% of countries.[5] For the period 2000–06, Seychelles had the highest adult literacy rate (92%); Mali and Burkina Faso had the lowest (24%).[6]
Early childhood development is, in most countries, left to private sector actors primarily working in urban areas in aid of more advantaged social groups. [7]
Almost 50% of countries may not attain the goal of universal primary education by 2015; nearly 40 million children are not going to school.[8]  Liberia has the lowest primary student-teacher ratio of 19; in Mozambique the ratio is 67. Cape Verde has the highest gross enrolment rate in secondary education (80%); Niger has the lowest (11%).[9]
Enrolment in lower secondary school rose to 46% in 2003 from 28% in 1991.[10] The gross secondary school enrolment rate exceeds 20% in half of the countries, yet remains below 8% in 10 countries. [11]
Higher education and other levels and formS of education are experiencing problems with respect to access, quality and even relevance.[12]
HIV/AIDS is likely to claim the lives of 10% of teachers within the coming five years, and 20% of school-age children will be AIDS orphans.[13] A minimum of three million more teachers is needed in sub-Saharan Africa to achieve the goal of universal primary education by 2015.[14]
Africa loses an estimated 20,000 skilled personnel a year to developed countries, brain drain.
There are more people connected to the Internet in New York City than on the entire African continent.[1] In Liberia, almost no one has internet access (0.03 per 100); there are 34 in every 100 people in Seychelles.