Since 2005
SRI LANKA
CONTACT US
HelpKIDS Sri Lanka HECS
32/5/1, Kahanthota Road
Malabe
Sri Lanka
Tel: +94 71 300 00 33
Email: helpkids.srilanka@gmail.com
All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood.
Universal Declaration of Human Rights | Article 1
WHAT WE DO
Around the globe, more than 70 million children are not going school. We strongly believe education is a fundamental human right. Upholding the education in rural villages is the key factor in reducing poverty and child labor. We help to avoid the difficulties that stop children attending the school. In rural villages, there are many difficulties that include poverty, distance to school, lack of motivation and shortage of school facilities. We support to improve basic education among rural villagechildren in Sri Lanka.
Education is a fundamental human right
The right to education is a universal entitlement to education, recognized in the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights as a human right that includes the right to free, compulsory primary education for all, an obligation to develop secondary education accessible to all, in particular by the progressive introduction of free secondary education, as well as an obligation to develop equitable access to higher education, ideally by the progressive introduction of free higher education.
OUR TEAM
Basic Education
Basic education refers to the whole range of educational activities taking place in various settings (formal, non formal and informal), that aim to meet basic learning needs. According to the International Standard Classification of Education (ISCED), basic education comprises primary education (first stage of basic education) and lower secondary education (second stage). In countries (developing countries in particular), Basic Education often includes also pre-primary education and/or adult literacy programs.
Universal basic education is regarded as a priority for developing countries and is the focus of the Education For Allmovement led by UNESCO. It is also included in the Millennium Development Goals as Goal number 2: Achieve Universal Primary Education by 2015. An extensive number of studies have proven its benefits on public health (lower spread of HIV/AIDS, better vaccination, prevention and medication of disease, better nutrition, lower maternal, infant and child mortality,...), demography (longer life expectancy, accelerated demographic transition through better birth control,...) and economy (increase of purchase power, increased productivity in traditional sectors, increased demand on service sectors,...). Other benefits, although more difficult to measure, include impact on democracy, human rights, governance and political stability through increasing understanding of non-violent ways to solve problems and mutual understanding between groups in conflict. The Convention on the Rights of the Children (CRC), established by UNICEF in 1989, protects children's inalienable rights by setting standards for multiple aspects, one of which is education.