Secondary School for Mozambican Girls

Period: September to December 2011

Date: 29^th December´11

Reported By: Victorino Adriano, CFO

1. INTRODUTION

This report aims to update information on the progress of program activities more school for me during the period that lasts from September to December 2011. It brings an analysis of the progress that has been done and achievements of activities planned.

2. PLANNED ACTIVITIES (September to December)

• (Sport & HIV Aids) – trainings per month (1) - 70%
• Improve hygiene and cleanliness - 70%
• Renovate the kitchen room - 90%
  
• More dedication in the study - 100%; 3 Consultants were recruited for this issue
  
• Good relationship between the girls  - 90%
  
• Good health and medication for girls - 95%
  
• Training the girls to use the Sewing machine - 20%. The FLM did not have enough money to recruit 1 consultant for this issue
  
• M & E - 100%
  
• Logistics and purchasing food - 100%

Special Events

• 2 days visit in the homes of girls´s parents

3. General situation of girls in school

Grade 9 - 100% passed with average of 13 marks

Grade 10 - Results not published. We´re waiting for the final results

• More_School_For_Me_SeptDec_2011.docx (DOCX)

This report aims to update information on the progress of program activities more school for me during the period that lasts from January to August 2011. It brings an analysis of the progress that has been done and achievements of activities planned.

Planned Activities

• Enrolling girls who passed the tenth grade in school health care and nutrition - 20% achieved, the 6 girls failed in pre-evaluation exam;
• Enroll all girls passed form 8th and 9th grade - 100% achieved
  
• Access of water - 100% achieved
  
• (Sport & HIV Aids) – trainings per month (1) - 50% achieved
  
• Improve hygiene and cleanliness - 70% achieved
  
• Renovate the kitchen room - 40% achieved
  
• More learning in cooking - 20% achieved
  
• More dedication in the study - 75% achieved
  
• Good relationship between the girls - 90% achieved
  
• Good health and medication for girls - 95% achieved
  
• Leader´s Quest Visit – 15/07/11 - 100% achieved
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Special Events:

• Sport & HIV Aids) – trainings per month: 07/04/11 - Holiday: day of Mozambican women; the girls were trained in terms of their attitudes of relationship between girls and boys.
• Leader´s Quest visit – 15/07/11; Quest visits are most successful when we have a few, in-depth conversations with lots of dialogue and participation – with the students, the teachers and the FLM team (so perhaps the introduction from you, including a tour, then a conversation with students, then a conversation with teachers and the FLM team, then the presentation of students awards and lunch).
• Participation in the parade ceremony on the day of peace and SADC in Heroes Square – 18/08/11.

 Major Challenges / Constraints

• Lack of car to transport the girls in case of illness;
• Lack of money to pay all operating costs of the project
• Lack of money to attract more girls to project;

• Mid Year Report 2011 (PDF)
  

The program continues to bring great benefits to communities. There has been an increase in the number of applicants in 2010 (about 75), the locations covered (12 villages), number of scholarships awarded (25) and the sheer will of the community to actively participate in the program, giving advice and participating in decision-making. The meeting of parents and guardians, which took place in June 2010, reflected much of the will and interest to participate more actively in the program. Many parents were grateful for the opportunity and wanted to know what they could do to improve the program, to support the social workers in their work. All questions raised by the parents are evidence of community involvement, interest and recognition for the work of the LWF (success of the program). Currently, the concerns are: • What future for the grant holders have completed basic education (10th grade)? • The fate of the daughters, if continue to have support for their training or ends here? • After 10th grade, will the girls enter the work/professional environment?

The 2010 scholarships cover most of the localities of the district, and for the first time, in sampling the scholars, the program found that it is inadvertently helping a sub-set of the most marginalized rural girls of Magude: Orphans and Vulnerable Children (OVC's). According to an analysis of District Directorate of Education of Magude, 90% of girls in 2010 class are orphaned by a parent and live in conditions of extreme poverty. It is true that the lack of piped water in the center has been a great challenge but the foundation has been negotiating ways to solve the problem, which undoubtedly undergo high monetary costs. Another major problem was the water crisis (high costs) which, like any scarce resource leads to conflict, was diagnosed some evidence of conflict within the center, regardless of if it was properly managed. In short, More School for Me is in its third year of implementation. Some challenges remain, as above mentioned, but the most satisfying part is seeing the involvement and development of rural girls and the growing participation of the communities in supporting the future and expansion of this project. Today they can read, write in two languages (in addition to Portuguese, learning English and French), are communicative, engage in extra-curricular activities (using computers, cameras, camcorders, cooking, sewing, pottery, agriculture and issues related to the tragedy of HIV/AIDS that many of them are indirect victims), and Help them make decisions concerning their future (including continued education in the future of the program).