iMpulsa
In December 2023, the Amancio Ortega Foundation and Ayuda en Acción started the iMpulsa pilot project in three centres in the province of A Coruña in Galicia.
The pilot project, based on the experience of both foundations in the educational field, involves children in the 5th and 6th grades of Primary Education, young people in the first and second cycles of Secondary Education and Vocational Training students. It's based on a multidisciplinary approach, creating favourable conditions to prevent school failure and early educational dropout.
The project, aimed at motivating educational continuity, will contribute to the life project of students from vulnerable backgrounds, promoting the completion of compulsory schooling.
The initiative will focus on two areas:
- the transition from Primary to Secondary and the prevention of early school leaving at critical ages.
- The transition to working life, implementing guidance, training and accompaniment projects for the last years of Compulsory Secondary Education and Vocational Training.
Education is the foundation for improving both our lives and sustainable development. Beyond improving people's quality of life, access to inclusive and equitable education can help equip local communities with the tools they need to develop innovative solutions to the world's biggest problems.
Despite the fact that the global poverty rate has declined by half since 2000, one in ten people and their families in developing regions still live on $1.90 a day, with millions earning little more than this amount per day. Significant progress has been made in many countries in East and Southeast Asia, but nearly 42% of the population in Sub-Saharan Africa continues to live below the poverty line.
A successful sustainable development agenda requires partnerships between governments, the private sector and civil society. Building inclusive partnerships based on principles and values, a shared vision, and shared goals that put people and the planet at the enter is needed at the global, regional, national and local levels.