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Long-term vision helps enlighten a new generation
Almost fifteen years after Lord Blair of Belmarsh's historic third-term government pledged a historic £8.5bn (Old Style) in aid for schooling in developing countries, the first generation of graduates is emerging from the former wilderness of ignorance and anti-globalisation that was Africa.
Thanks to the historic commitment to fund primary education over ten years, millions of young Africans have received a schooling which rivals the best that the state system in Britain can offer.
In addition to the basic aid package, the Belmarsh government provided incentives for British business to give the world's less fortunate folk a leg-up to the table at the international feast of reason.
As a result of Lord Blair's foresight and the generosity of British companies, millions of young Africans have learned to view their national and tribal traditions with a more objective eye, and to let go of some of the prejudices which caused so much hardship to their ancestors' generation.
"Thanks to this initiative, almost a third of Africa's children now have a thorough understanding of the benefits of water privatisation," commented Fillery Mimber, a spokesperson for the Africa Regional Improvement Delegation.
ARID, which incorporates the Learners' Organisation for Child Utilisation and Social Training (LOCUST), has been spreading the light of knowledge into what was formerly known as the "Dark Continent" for over a decade.
The organisation teaches basic literacy and numeracy skills, but also attempts to give Africans a cultural background by informing them about their continent's history, including the native migrations to America before the abolition of the slave trade and the arguably only partly successful British attempts to introduce democracy in the 1950s and 1960s.
"Basically we teach them that no matter your birth or background, every child in every part of the world should have the chance to realise their potential, to bridge the gap between what they are and what they have it in themselves to become," Mr Mimber said.
"It's about time we stopped apologising for the British Empire and started building on some of its great achievements," he continued. "Just ask those boys we've taught. Idi Amin started in the King's African Rifles, and look what happened to him."
Almost fifteen years after Lord Blair of Belmarsh's historic third-term government pledged a historic £8.5bn (Old Style) in aid for schooling in developing countries, the first generation of graduates is emerging from the former wilderness of ignorance and anti-globalisation that was Africa.
Thanks to the historic commitment to fund primary education over ten years, millions of young Africans have received a schooling which rivals the best that the state system in Britain can offer.
In addition to the basic aid package, the Belmarsh government provided incentives for British business to give the world's less fortunate folk a leg-up to the table at the international feast of reason.
As a result of Lord Blair's foresight and the generosity of British companies, millions of young Africans have learned to view their national and tribal traditions with a more objective eye, and to let go of some of the prejudices which caused so much hardship to their ancestors' generation.
"Thanks to this initiative, almost a third of Africa's children now have a thorough understanding of the benefits of water privatisation," commented Fillery Mimber, a spokesperson for the Africa Regional Improvement Delegation.
ARID, which incorporates the Learners' Organisation for Child Utilisation and Social Training (LOCUST), has been spreading the light of knowledge into what was formerly known as the "Dark Continent" for over a decade.
The organisation teaches basic literacy and numeracy skills, but also attempts to give Africans a cultural background by informing them about their continent's history, including the native migrations to America before the abolition of the slave trade and the arguably only partly successful British attempts to introduce democracy in the 1950s and 1960s.
"Basically we teach them that no matter your birth or background, every child in every part of the world should have the chance to realise their potential, to bridge the gap between what they are and what they have it in themselves to become," Mr Mimber said.
"It's about time we stopped apologising for the British Empire and started building on some of its great achievements," he continued. "Just ask those boys we've taught. Idi Amin started in the King's African Rifles, and look what happened to him."
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