United Nations Sustainable Development Goal 4 aims to ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all.

As part of KAICIID's Faith4SDGs digital storytelling project, we will screen a short film highlighting the work of faith-based organzation Finn Church Aid.  The organization has implemented a vocational education and training project in Rwamwanja refugee settlement in Uganda, which is managed by the United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR) and the Ugandan Office of the the Prime Minister, in order to equip young people with much-needed job skills. Their offices rely on NGOs and FBOs like Finn Church Aid to provide refugee support such as job training and courses in micro entrepreneurship.

Even before the COVID-19 pandemic, more than 750 million adults remained illiterate and more than 250 million children were out of school. More than half of those in school were not meeting minimum proficiency standards in reading and maths. COVID safety concerns have forced schools to close for 90 per cent of the world’s students. At least 500 million educationally displaced youth still lack remote learning capabilities due to the digital divide and other structural disadvantages. The UN estimates that more than 200 million children will still be out of school by 2030.

UNICEF estimates that faith communities operate half of the world’s schools, most crucially in hard to reach places where governments are unable to provide for poor and vulnerable youth.

Join experts in the field of education to explore opportunities for providing practical job and skill training for youth, enhancing learning experiences, offering new methods of digital education and ensuring that young people are not left behind during the pandemic. 

You are encouraged to submit questions and topics you would like our experts to address!