The Millennium Development Goals

Achieve universal primary education Ensure that each child has the opportunity to go to school.

• More than 115 million children of primary school age do not receive an elementary education.
• Worldwide 774 million adults — nearly 1 in 5 — lack basic literacy skills. More than three-quarters live in only 15 countries.
• Education reduces poverty: Studies show that each year of schooling increases a person's earnings by a worldwide average of about 10 percent.

How World Vision works for basic education for all children

Financial assistance: World Vision helps supply school uniforms and fees, distributes school supplies, and repairs, builds, and furnishes classrooms and schools so children get the education they need to break free from poverty.

Programs for disadvantaged children: World Vision programs are opening doors for children around the world who might otherwise be denied an education. In Armenia, for example, preschool programs for disabled children allow them to socialize in regular classrooms instead of being isolated at home or in an institution.

Eradicate Extreme Poverty & Hunger		Achieve Universal Primary Education		Promote Gender Equality & the Empowerment of Women		Reduce Child Mortality
Reduce Maternal Mortality		Combat HIV/AIDS, Malaria, and Other Diseases		Ensure Environmental Sustainability		Develop a Global Partnership for Development