UNICEF goes to great efforts to make sure children in places such as Myanmar and China are educated. This makes a difference for emergency situations.
Education is so powerful, it is like a magic wand or like the hand of God. Many children can lead healthier lives because of the education given to authorities to deal with emergency situations and at the end of the day – this saves lives.
In school supported initiatives that UNICEF funds, children are given the basics on how to handle emergency situations and how to seek for help, as well as when to call for it.
This creates a situation where children have the opportunity to take control of their own destiny. As well as potentially save the lives of their parents and their siblings and other family.
Some of things that are taught are good sanitation practices for children. This helps them to avoid any diseases that can be spread through viruses. Children learn how to wash their hands as well as medical doctors do to guard against getting ill from all the germs that tend to exist in schools.
Due to this, one example of the effects of how this education is working effectively is that that whopping cough is down 44 percent. Diseases associated with diarrhea kill about 1.5 million children a year in China and Myanmar. Now, because of UNICEF, there are sanitation facilities provided right on the school grounds to help children live and fewer to die.
Source: http://fieldnotes.unicefusa.org/2008/06/education_is_a_magic_wand.html
