All children – regardless of where they live, the language they speak or the financial situation of their parents, have the right to a good quality education. A lot has been achieved in the past decades: thousands of children now attend school where it had not been possible before. But building schools is not enough.   

Children learn better in a language they understand
Many children are taught in a language they don’t understand. They are required to learn topics  of instruction that are far removed from their daily world. They lag behind, repeat classes or stop going to school altogether.

Traditional knowledge is fundamental to maintain our planet
Indigenous peoples hold the knowledge to protect and sustainably use the areas they have used and occupied for centuries. With the disappearance of their languages, contact between the generations fades and knowledge becomes lost forever.

What does the Rutu Foundation do?
We support indigenous peoples to design bilingual education material so they can transmit their traditional knowledge and language while at the same time, preparing their children for the challenges of the modern world.