Education

"The Edge of Joy," an issue-driven documentary regarding maternal health in Nigeria aired in excerpt April 28th on PBS NewsHour.

In Afghanistan, literacy is a villager’s only chance to break the cycle of poverty. But despite billions of dollars of aid, the children of Oqa and other far-flung settlements remain illiterate.

Tackling the challenges of working in a tent city, music teacher Alzire Roucourt offers hope and education to the Haitian students in her class.

At the dawn of a new Southern Sudan, women's future in civic participation is on the table. Will tradition, status quo, and lack of education stand in their way?

Haiti's post-earthquake tent cities house many willing students who lack accessible education. Educator Alzire Rocourt has a passion for teaching and a vision for change.

Working with nothing but her sweet voice, an old chalkboard and some cardboard posters, Rocourt teaches Haitian children about the music of Chopin, Beethoven and other classical composers. "School has become for them the way to hope," she said.

Correspondent Fred de Sam Lazaro introduces a series of reports on global population.

About 65 percent of Haiti's population is under the age of 30. An entire generation is at risk if the country does not act to provide an education for its youth.

Thirteen years ago, Deacon Patrick Moynihan gave up his life as a commodities trader to become a Catholic missionary in Haiti. He is now the director of the Louverture Cleary School, where 350 students with no financial means receive a high school education for free.

Alzire Rocourt knows that time is of the essence. She teaches classes to primary-school age children in tent city camps. But she cautions that Haiti will cease to be a nation if drastic measures aren't taken to reform education.

In South Africa, the legacy of the 2010 World Cup will be written by young people - playing soccer while learning life skills and fighting disease.

"Haiti's Lost Generation" explores education in Haiti - a critical issue that has been overshadowed by the grave humanitarian crises which followed the January, 2010 earthquake.

School infrastructure in Haiti is largely absent, but the children are determined to learn anyway.