‘We decided one night to go to the arcade where they were and I put bronzer all over myself and a Scary Spice ‘fro so I think they’d think I was a Black girl, so I could stalk them and my friend dressed up as this goth girl and we literally sat outside their houses,’ she shared. Once a scholar said that “the roots of education are bitter, but the fruit is sweet” and I came to learn this eternal truth from an early age. ‘If the darkness of ignorance is to be dispelled then the sun of education has to rise’.

So many children are born talented, have immense capacity for understanding and are naturally bright – but poverty has deprived them of an education. Millions of children around the world lack access to basic necessities, such as food, clean water, sanitation, medicine, shelter, education, Connections Academy online tutoring books, fun, family, love – but there is hope. I have long been concerned for underprivileged children, especially those who are unable to access education due to lack of resources or poverty.

On one hand, there are people who live their life lavishly. They are not only enjoying the joy of essentials but also have what they want and desire; a luxurious living providing them an extra comfort. Harry told an audience that ‘far too many young people are locked out of leadership pipelines because we’ve failed to build truly inclusive and accessible pathways’, also praising them for their ‘boldness’ and their ‘refusal to settle for the status quo’.

Imparting knowledge can help the poor and needy to stand on their feet. Education is the beginning of getting out from hardships of life. Giving free education by our NGO Aahwahan Foundation to the poor and needy people help them to grow as individuals and help them lead a better life. Through education, we can help the poor and needy people to develop their skills so that they can take over efforts to revitalize their life rather than always depending on the outsiders to do so for them.

‘It’s our responsibility to lift when we rise, and open doors for other people. And that’s something as a young person I’ve tried to do every single day – being that mentor for younger people and trying to create that ripple effect. Social functioning is the way in which people perform their social roles, and the structural institutions that are provided to sustain them. Social work practice is often divided into micro-work, which involves working directly with individuals or small groups; and macro-work, which involves working with communities within social policy – fostering change on a larger scale.

Since taking office in January, President Donald Trump has unilaterally cut education funding and downsized the Education Department, leading to numerous legal challenges. The Trump administration also cut teacher-training programs that helped rural schools combat educator shortages and has threatened to withhold funding from schools with diversity, equity and inclusion programs. Nearly all that money had been spent, but some school districts received deadline extensions that gave them additional time to use it.

Districts spent it on things like after-school tutoring, summer school, social workers, college counselors, library books and renovations to make school buildings safer.