Over 560,000 students will benefit from this pursuit
Agility and Aflatoun International, an NGO specializing in life skills and financial education around the world, recently announced a partnership that will increase educational opportunities for more than 560,000 students, with at least half of the opportunities created for female students.
Agility’s support will fund the development and translation of Aflatoun’s ‘AflaYouth’ financial literacy and entrepreneurship curriculum into Arabic, French and Spanish. ‘AflaYouth’” gives students, aged 16-24, access to both online and in-person training, support, mentoring and learning during their transition into the formal labor market, or as they launch an entrepreneurial career according to a corporate press release.
‘AflaYouth’ will be provided to Aflatoun’s network of 45 NGOs in 25 countries in the Middle East, North and West Africa, and Central and South America. Trainings on the curriculum will be provided to NGO partners and local educators, who in turn educate underprivileged youth in the communities where they operate.
“Agility’s support means that Aflatoun’s partner NGOs will be able to implement educational programming for refugees and underprivileged local populations in a context and language that’s relevant to them,” remarked Frank Clary, Agility’s Vice President for Sustainability.
“The skills taught in this program are especially relevant in this time of economic uncertainties. One of the strengths of our programs is that they can be contextualized to local needs and circumstances,” commented Roeland Monasch, CEO, Afltaoun International.
Agility has a globally recognized sustainability program, covering humanitarian logistics, community volunteerism, fair labor and environmental sustainability.
