It starts with schooling. If we're going to talk seriously about ending child poverty, we need to talk about education. Giving a child an education is the best way to set them up for success and break the cycle of poverty.

Children—especially girls—can only attend school if they have access to clean water. It frees girls from the daily task of collecting water for their families, and prevents waterborne illnesses that make children sick and unable to go to school. So we work with communities to provide sustainable clean water solutions like wells and hand pumps.

Children can only attend school when they and their parents are healthy. Clean water is one solution, but families also need access to health care and programs that teach disease prevention and healthy living. So we partner with communities on health initiatives like clinics and vaccination programs.

Children can only attend school if they are well fed. Hungry, malnourished children are at best inattentive, at worst, sick. Made possible by founding partner Nutrien, we work with communities to provide programs that promote food security and improved agriculture, like school gardens and irrigation projects. This ensures communities have better access to healthy food, and food to sell, improving economic outcomes as well.

Children can only attend school if their parents have the financial means and time to invest in their education and their basic health. So we teach parents, often mothers, skills such as animal husbandry that help them generate an income and accrue savings.