Harold Doan and Associates Ltd. - UN GOES ONLINE TO = EDUCATE RURAL PEOPLE WITH TOOL KIT TO SLASH HUNGER AND POVERTY

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UN GOES = ONLINE TO=20 EDUCATE RURAL PEOPLE WITH TOOL KIT TO SLASH HUNGER AND = POVERTY
Date: = Tuesday,=20 April 26 @ 13:35:35 PDT
Topic: United=20 Nations

April 26=20 2005

Press Release - U.N. News Center =

Efforts=20 to achieve the Millennium Development Goal of slashing = world=20 hunger and poverty in half by 2015 received a new = boost today=20 from an online educational tool kit targeting rural = people,=20 launched by the United Nations Food and Agriculture=20 Organization (<"http://www.fao.org">FAO). =

For=20 the first time, a wide range of teaching and learning = tools=20 for the education of rural people is available on the=20 Internet, providing governments, international and=20 non-governmental organizations (NGOs), rural school = teachers,=20 extension agents and the public at large with the = latest=20 knowledge on how to help rural communities better = their=20 livelihoods.

The tool kit will help = policy-makers to=20 implement education programmes and improve the quality = level=20 of education in rural areas," said Lavinia Gasperini, = an FAO=20 expert who works in close collaboration with the UN=20 Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization and = other=20 organizations on the Education for Rural People = initiative,=20 launched at the World Summit on Sustainable = Development in=20 2002 in Johannesburg.

"You cannot promote = agriculture=20 if you fail to educate rural people. The first = Millennium=20 Development Goal - reducing hunger and poverty - will = not be=20 achieved unless we give a higher priority to improving = education in rural areas, where the majority of the = people=20 live," she added.

Hunger, malnutrition and = food=20 insecurity reduce school attendance and erode = cognitive=20 abilities. Conversely, illiteracy and lack of = education reduce=20 earning capacity and contribute to hunger and poverty. = Education plays a fundamental role in improving the = food=20 security, incomes and productivity of rural people. It = also=20 helps to promote new technologies, as literate people = are more=20 inclined to adopt these technologies and to protect = their=20 environment.

The tool kit is a valuable = resource for=20 all those whose daily work consists of training the = rural poor=20 in food and nutrition, local knowledge systems,=20 agrobiodiversity, food quality and safety, rural = finance,=20 marketing, forestry, fisheries, communication and = other=20 related issues.

According to latest estimates, = "in the=20 so-called global village, about 130 million children, = the=20 majority of whom are rural, do not have a pencil or a = pen, nor=20 a book, nor a teacher, and do not go to school," Ms = Gasperini=20 said. These children will become illiterate adults who = will=20 join the 880 million illiterates in the world, the = majority of=20 whom are rural adults.=20 =

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