Lights 4 Literacy: Interlinking SDG4 and SDG7 through cross-sectoral partnership

During the global pandemic, schools around the world paused in-person classes. In communities with access to technology and electricity, barriers held some learners back. Children struggled with remote learning and wrestled with mental health challenges.
In many resource-constrained communities without access to energy and technology, learning didn’t become more complicated. It simply ceased. Hundreds of thousands of children left school never to return. Boys and girls were forced to abandon their studies to find work. Many girls married and began early child bearing.
Learn about how two Ugandan NGOs partnered to pilot an innovative project to give vulnerable students books and solar lights to impact their health, safety and education.