Sometimes the development world creates an opportunity for seemingly strange bedfellows. Such cross-sectoral collaborations between different organizations can then emerge at the forefront of attempts to solve some of the world’s most pressing challenges.
Two groups that have come together to set the pace in this type of partnership are the Education Above All Foundation, a not-for-profit organization that works to increase educational opportunities for underserved communities and fragile states, and Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, an international organization improving access to new and underused vaccines for children living in the world’s poorest countries.
Their partnership is taking an aim at the Sustainable Development Goals. While Gavi is focused on the third goal, “which aims to ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all,” EAA targets the fourth goal of ensuring “inclusive and equitable quality education.” Both are linked toward achieving Goal 17, which aims “to revitalize the global partnership for sustainable development.”
About the author
Jennifer Piettedisgeneration
Jennifer Ehidiamen is a Nigerian writer who is passionate about communications and journalism. She has worked as a reporter and communications consultant for different organizations in Nigeria and overseas. She has an undergraduate degree in mass communication from the Nigerian Institute of Journalism, Lagos, and M.A. in business and economics from Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism, New York. In 2014, she founded Rural Reporters (www.ruralreporters.com) with the goal of amplifying underreported news and issues affecting rural communities.
