There is a strong correlation between poverty and disability.

UNESCO: EDUCATION

As this scourge leads to premature death and long-term disability, it also spreads poverty and stifles development.

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For we remember the lessons of our past, when twilight years were spent in poverty and parents of a child with a disability had nowhere to turn.

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Poverty, gender, ethnicity, language, location and disability are obstacles to providing education to the hardest-to-reach groups.

UNESCO: EDUCATION

It focuses on the fact that while progress has been made, the failure to reach the millions of children excluded from education by poverty, gender, location, ethnicity, disability and language means the 2015 Education for All (EFA) goals remain out of reach.

UNESCO: WORLDWIDE

The Andrea Bocelli Foundation seeks to raise funds and awareness for its efforts to fight poverty around the world and to help people overcome barriers caused by illness, discomfort or disability.

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