While education is a priority in all parts of the world, One Here...One There believes the greatest need per capita, as well as the greatest benefit for limited dollars, can be found in sub-Saharan Africa.

Sub-Saharan Africa is the world's poorest region. Sub-Saharan African countries make up the bottom 25 countries on the United Nations Development Program’s Human Development Index which measures achievements in terms of life expectancy, educational attainment, and adjusted real income.

Every year, foreign governments pour millions of needed monies into the continent to address political, economic and health care problems, but this relief is only temporary. The fundamental long-term solution to break this cycle of poverty is education.

Today 42 million school-aged children in sub-Saharan Africa are not enrolled in school¹. Educating just a few children in one school will make a difference to the long term health and well-being of one local community. When tens of thousands of African youth are educated, stability in Africa will be a closer reality.

¹Aid, Debt Relief and Growth Are Up, But Challenges Remain, World Bank Group, June 29, 2005.