By 2018, 28 million boys and over 32 million girls did not have a chance to complete their primary school education . According to data presented in the June 2020 report of the Global Economic Prospects, the pandemic can potentially push the number of people in extreme poverty from 71 to 100 million , limiting access to education for nearly 1.6 billion people.

Listen to this article by Mateusz Krawczyk on how Polish Aid projects are helping people pull themselves out of poverty thanks to educational projects worldwide.

Read by John Beauchamp