Development Work
Free The Children currently implements its Adopt a Village development model in rural communities in eight countries: Rural China, Nicaragua, Kenya, Sierra Leone, Haiti, India, Ecuador and most recently Ghana. Adopt a Village is made up of four components: education, health, alternative income an livelihood, and clean water and sanitation. Among other projects, Adopt a Village builds schools and water wells, and provides medical treatment and alternative income sources to people in developing regions. These projects are designed to address the root causes of poverty and remove the barriers to children’s education in the developing world.
In 2008, Free The Children celebrated the construction of its 500th school. In 2010, the organization updated its website to show that it has now built 650 schools and school rooms which educate 55,000 children a day.
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