„During coffee harvest time children often don't come to school“ says Wendmage Guta, director of Bufeta Gibe school.

Can you read this sentence? Then you’ve been pretty lucky. Either your eyes are functioning correctly – or you are wearing glasses. Go to a school in Ethiopia and look around: You won’t find any pupils with eyeglasses. This is not because they have better eyes than anywhere else. "Some of our students cannot see [...]

Deworming at school is one of the most effective means of increasing school attendance – and by that fostering education and development.