| Issue 4
Dr Mary Joy Pigozzi
‘Now is not the time to rest on our
laurels’, says executive director
of Educate A Child
Education Above All Foundation’s ambitious mission to reach disadvantaged
young children will continue its work across the globe
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s a young teacher in Botswana, Dr Mary Joy
Pigozzi wanted to help children get ahead in
education. She surely could not then have imagined how
many youngsters she would be able to reach.
After a career that has spanned leadership roles at
UNICEF and UNESCO, Pigozzi now works as executive
director of Educate A Child (EAC) – part of Education
Above All Foundation (EAA) – which has just achieved
its ambitious goal of committing to educate ten million
out-of-school primary level children.
She has worked at EAA since 2012, profoundly changing
the lives of marginalised young people unable to access
quality education.
She says: “EAC has had a wonderful opportunity to
influence the life chances of millions of children. This
does not happen very often.
“Thanks to the vision and strength of our foundation’s
founder, Her Highness Sheikha Moza bint Nasser,
EAC has been able to carve out a path to use a strong
partnership model to help children overcome the barriers
that prevent them from realising their right to a quality
primary education.
ABOUT EAA
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Education Above All Foundation (EAA) was founded in 2012 by
Her Highness Sheikha Moza bint Nasser. Its aim is to build a global
movement that contributes to human, social and economic development
through the provision of quality education. With a focus on those
affected by poverty, conflict and disaster, it champions the needs
of children, youth and women to empower them to become active
members of their communities.