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Quality Education for Migrant Children of Colombia
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Summary
This project recovers the right to quality education to 1300 Colombian children who have been displaced by the armed conflict and kept out of the formal system due to drug-related warfare
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Received $2,008 from 25 donations from people like:
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More Information About this Project
Project Needs and Beneficiaries
1300 low income, migrant children affected by Colombia’s armed conflict that must be included into the educational system to recover their right to education. We aim to expand to other areas with high reception rates of displaced population and attend children in an affective, personalized way, preparing them with cooperative, participatory strategies of Escuela Nueva for their formal entry to school; engage community as part of the solution to reduce the risk of being forced into illegal groups
Activities
Organization of Learning Circles to provide complementary support in basic learning/social skills; production & provision of EN learning guides with cross-curricular content; training of youth community leaders as tutors with strategies to adapt EN
Funding Information
Total Funding Received to Date: $2,008
Remaining Goal to be Funded: $387,992
Total Funding Goal: $390,000
Additional Documentation
This project has provided additional documentation in a Microsoft Word file (projdoc.doc).
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Why this Project is Important
Potential Long Term Impact
The project educates 1300 vulnerable children (ages 7-15) increasing socialization among them & improving academic performance. Community adoption and support of the project diminishes the number of children being drawn to join illegal armed groups
Project Message
The environment of the Escuela Nueva Learning Circles allow me to dialogue more with my peers& solve conflicts without using force. I also understand and learn more and feel more safe and secure
- Jenny Rubiano, Student from an EN Learning Circle in Soacha
When this Project was Updated
Last Updated
This project was last updated on December 19, 2007.
Date Added to GlobalGiving
This project was added to the GlobalGiving project catalog on July 20, 2004.
Latest Update from the Field
Field update December 2007
By Vicky Colbert de Arboleda - Project leader, December 19, 2007 10:08 PM
“In only 6 months of operation, the Escuela Nueva Learning Circles Program for migrant, internally displaced children, has numerous achievements: a 100% enrollment, an 18.5% increase in children’s self esteem, and the highest level of improvement in both language and math, placing children of the learning circles 13.9 and 17.3 points, respectively, above the national average.”*
*Results of the application of UNESCO test. 2004/2005
Please click the full report below to read more about the Escuela Nueva program and activities in 2007!
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