Schooling for Sudan Orphan Refugees--Phase 2
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Summary
Renovations of Al-Tagwa Shool will be complete by summer's end...thank you! Next is expanding to 4 community-founded schools & providing better education more widely in this squatter settlement.
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Received $5,715 from 26 donations from people like:
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More Information About this Project
Project Needs and Beneficiaries
Pre-school children in Dar Es-Salaam limited to 30 students in 8-feet-square room with no windows. Majority of area women are illiterate with classes on the ground, under a canvas shelter (NEF provided), no water or other resources. Students need regular health exams, school health education, referrals, subsidies for poor unable to go to our health center; expand into another school of mostly drop-outs/orphan students mornings, adult women afternoons, family health/income teaching evenings.
Activities
Elemental school rehabilitation including latrines & water; construction of pre-school at Al-Tagwa School; literacy/adult education for women; health education & exams/treatment/subsidies by NEF clinic; more participation by PTA and Local Committee.
Funding Information
Total Funding Received to Date: $5,690
Remaining Goal to be Funded: $69,310
Total Funding Goal: $75,000
Additional Documentation
This project has provided additional documentation in a PDF file (projdoc.pdf).
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Why this Project is Important
Potential Long Term Impact
Hope...literate/math skilled, healthy children with futures of continued education, economic opportunity, national contribution. Literate women trained in health education/income generation equipped to nurture & better provide for their families.
Project Message
"Education is important for people...only way out of this misery. They have to believe in education for themselves and their kid--something that's hard when you and everyone around you is illiterate."
- "Sheik" Ahmed Omar, 35, Founder of Al Tawheed School
When this Project was Updated
Last Updated
This project was last updated on January 18, 2008.
Date Added to GlobalGiving
This project was added to the GlobalGiving project catalog on May 09, 2007.
Latest Update from the Field
40 Orphans sponsored in districts of Soba and Salma and Dar al-Salaam al-Rabwa
By Sarah Atwood - Development Associate, January 18, 2008 04:05 PM
The work of the Near East Foundation has had a clear impact on the lives of the orphans, particularly in terms of their academic success and also provisions during holidays and other special occasions.
To further develop this project, funding is allocated to sponsor 20 orphans in both the district of Soba and Salma and that of Dar al-Salaam al-Rabwa. NEF is currently in the process of finalizing the choice of which schools to work with and has resumed its with local committees and the education committee to this purpose.
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