By Hanan Aljaifi | Project Leader
HUMANITARIAN BFD, funded by GlobalGiving, was able to fulfill a dream of 1000 schoolchildren in Yemen, by implementing the following activities:
• Packaging and distribution of schoolbags
• Organization of distribution events
• Monitoring and evaluation.
• Sustainability planning
SUPPORTING TEACHERS WITH INCENTIVES, TEACHERS' KITS, AND PIECES OF TRAINING “I teach, to build an educated and productive generation for the homeland.” That’s what one started saying, the principal of Om Salamah School - Al Qanawis District. BFD has carried out pieces of training to develop teachers’ skills, so they can help even more children to make the most of their education. The pieces of training aimed at preparing teachers to implement the main activities of training manuals such as basic teacher skills, life skills, and education management incrises through training and qualifying volun-teer teachers and Fathers and Mothers Coun-cils (FMCs). Besides, BFD prepared stan-dardsbased life skills, as new guidelines forthe education sector in Yemen, in coordination with a group of specialists, working at the Ministry of Education. “These programs included 63 teachers, school administrations, volunteers, and 63 Fathers & Mothers’ Councils (FMCs), aimed to provide children with life skills that they must acquire to communicate in their society normally.
SUPPORTING STUDENTS WITH SCHOOL BAGS, RECREATIONAL KITS, HYGIENE KITS, AND SANITARY KITS
“I like attending school to learn. If I couldn’t go to school, I’d be illiterate.” a student explains, one of Al-Wifaq IDP female students.The education program at BFD was able to fulfill a dream of more than 4,00 displaced and most vulnerable students in Al Qanawis and Alluheyah Districts by distributing schoolbags, recreational kits, hygiene kits, and sanitary kits. As a result, students became happierwith their new pens, pencils, notebooks, bind-ers, paper, backpacks, crayons, drawing books, sharpeners, erasers, nail clippers, soaps, tooth- paste, and toothbrushes. More importantly, studying in welldesigned and safe class- rooms made them feel secure and valued. Accordingly, self-esteem increases, and students become motivated to engage in the learning process. “Studying on the ground is difficult! We cannot write and we cannot learn well,” she explained when the communication team of BFD asked her before the intervention. However, she was overjoyed when we met her afterthe intervention in the classroom that she studies in, where she expresses herfeeling, “Now, praise be to God, Credit: BFD/Communication & Advocacy Department Credit: BFD/Communication & Advocacy Department ©BFD/Edu.org ©BFD/Edu.org they built a school for us, with chairs, fans, boards, and WaSH facilities.” Smiles spread across the faces of those students, and they became pleased and more excited to continue their education so that each one of them would grow up and have a role in building their society
BUILDING AND REHABILITATING SAFE LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS (CLASSROOMS & WASH FACILITIES) “On the hottest days, the children would fall sick. When it rained they'd have to run home for shelter.” someone explains, a teacher at Al-Wifaq School. Hence, BFD, with generous support from the GlobalGiving, feeding 1000 schoolchildren, including gendersensitive for them with cleaning materials, provided schools with learning and TLS/Schools kits,furniture. These class- rooms are currently hosting children from the local community, returnees, and displaced children, in which enrollment in those target- ed schools has doubled, and the education conditions have improved significantly. “I feel sorry when I see the little students, studying in the schoolyard in some huts, it hurts me a lot,” he expressed when the communication team asked him before the intervention. Nonetheless, He was delighted when we interviewed him afterthe intervention, and he added saying, “I am over the moon that my dream has become true. We did not expect that we would have a school under these circumstances. Truly, this is the real benefit and the biggest wish in our life.” Generally speaking, education is essential for
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