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OUR PHILANTHROPY: CHILDREN'S EDUCATION AND LITERACY
The Sisters of Delta Phi Omega strongly believe that a quality education is the key to success, and therefore, it should not be taken from any child. Because of this, we have chosen children's literacy and education as our national philanthropy. We focus on promoting education in various ways to help children build a strong foundation for a solid future. We hope to influence not only the university community, but several communities around the globe as well. As sisters of Delta Phi Omega, our desire has been reached through participation in reading programs, tutoring, mentoring, and several fundraising events. We promise that no child will be deprived of this, regardless of race, color, creed, ethnicity, or financial, social, and religious standing. Last year alone, Delta Phi Omega raised over $14,000 through our combined efforts during Literacy Through Unity Week nationwide.
Asha for Education is a secular organization dedicated to change in India by focusing on basic education in the belief that education is a critical requisite for socio-economic change. In keeping with this focus, volunteers are involved with and support projects that are secular and have an education-related component to them.
Since inception the goal of Pratham has been to ensure that "every child is in school...and is learning well". Over a 9 year period Pratham has reached out to a million children. An accelerated learning method, in which an unlettered child starts reading and computing basic mathematics in 3 weeks, has been in use since late 2002 and has taught over 160,000 children since then to become literate.
CARE is a leading humanitarian organization fighting global poverty that places special focus on working alongside poor women because, equipped with the proper resources, women have the power to help whole families and entire communities escape poverty. Women are at the heart of CARE's community-based efforts to improve basic education, prevent the spread of HIV, increase access to clean water and sanitation, expand economic opportunity and protect natural resources. CARE also delivers emergency aid to survivors of war and natural disasters, and helps people rebuild their lives.
