Connect Local, Give Global

MIFoA welcomes you to join us in our journey in helping the continent of Africa and the African Diaspora develop self-sufficiency through education, healthcare, and vocational training.

Education provides long term-opportunities; proper healthcare improves quality of life; vocational training develops sustenance and brings economic stability in their local community by giving globally.

Based on UNESCO’s website, sub-Saharan Africa has the highest rates of education exclusion. Over one-fifth of children between the ages of about 6 and 11 are out of school, followed by one-third of youth between the ages of about 12 and 14. According to UIS data, almost 60% of youth between the ages of about 15 and 17 are not in school. 

Girls’ education is a major priority. Across the region, 9 million girls between the ages of about 6 and 11 will never go to school at all, compared to 6 million boys, according to UIS data. Their disadvantage starts early: 23% of girls are out of primary school compared to 19% of boys. By the time they become adolescents, the exclusion rate for girls is 36% compared to 32% for boys.*

* Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), http://uis.unesco.org/en/topic/education-africa, 11/7/2021.