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WHY DO WE FOCUS ON EDUCATION?
Our focus is providing quality education because it is not only a basic right of the child, but it is also fundamental for
community growth and development. Investing in education gives people the skills they need to help themselves
out of poverty and into prosperity. In addition, education has been shown to foster the following in communities
[1]
:
• Improved health care: through education, people are better prepared to prevent diseases and to use health
services more proficiently. For example, young people who have completed primary education are less than
half as likely to contract HIV as those with little or no schooling. Educated mothers have healthier children
• Higher wages and economic growth: in many poor countries, with each additional year of schooling, people
earn 10% higher wages. These incomes, in turn, contribute to national economic growth. No country has
ever achieved a continuous growth without reaching an adult literacy rate of at least 40%.
• Democracy and political stability: education boosts the growth of civil society, democracy, and political stability,
helping people to learn about their rights, gaining those skills and knowledge necessary to exercise them.
[1] Rich world, poor world: a guide to global development, Center for Global Development.
GOVERNANCE
The Foundation is guided by the principles and shared values of transparency, integrity, and commitment to our cause
and mission. It aims to apply effective governance practices that reflect our motto and values. Pistorio Foundation
operates with the support of three categories of committed people:
1. Board of Directors and the Director of Operations: they are responsible for defining strategies to implement the
mission of the organization and place their skills and experience at the service of the mission’s achievement.
2. Country managers: they coordinate projects directly on the field reporting to the Headquarters, working also
with local partners and maintaining relationships with local institutions and government bodies.
3. Volunteers: they are highly dedicated people who work with us for different purposes such as fundraising,
supporting communication activities, conducting filed missions to verify the audit of projects, and to be involved
in educational projects such as providing teaching or IT classes, among others.