From Poverty to Prosperity (P2P) is a new development awareness project working in three EU countries plus Ghana. It seeks to address three challenges. Firstly, current development awareness for young people is not significantly changing behaviours and attitudes to the extent necessary to mobilise support for the Millennium Development Goals (MDG’s). Secondly, much development education is based on the needs of people in developing countries and fails to recognise the needs of young people in Europe. Thirdly, the quality of development education amongst the new member states is very weak, with little formal support for schools and teachers in the way of training, resources and programmes.
P2P aims to reach out to 4500 young people and to increase their understanding of the interconnections between EU and developing countries, how their actions can support developing countries, and have the confidence to voice their opinions to decision-makers. The quality of development education in each EU partner country will be improved through developing new resources and providing capacity building to 300 teachers.
P2P is a five partner collaboration funded by the European Union. The project is managed by Richard Dawson (FSC) and delivered in the UK by Andrew Turney (FSC) and Beki Cosh (CDEC); in Hungary by Betty Zsoldos, Imola Tomaj, Zsofi Szoke (BOCS); in Bulgaria by Kamen Chipev and Nadya Boneva (TIME); and in Ghana by Emmanuel Boon (ICED).
P2P is delivered with financial assistance of the European Union. The project is the sole responsibility of the P2P partners and can under no circumstances be regarded as reflecting the position of the European Union.