 When economic reasons, the need to care for the elderly or a family member suffering from HIV, or cultural beliefs keep a parent from sending their child (especially a female child) to school, these take home rations provide incentives to sending their children to school rather than to work

This organization promotes education as a basic human right.It motivates people and groups to put public pressure on governments and the international community in order to assure that all children are provided with free, compulsory public education.It brings together major NGOs and Teachers Unions in over 120 countries to work in solidarity towards their vision of universal primary education.