Support education throughout COVID-19 in Sri Lanka

Dear Supporter,

 We appreciate your generosity, kindness, and assistance with Street Child's home-based education programme in the North and East of Sri Lanka. An update on the projects development is something we are happy to share.

In order to address the extended loss of learning due to the Covid-19 pandemic Street Child implemented a remote education intervention from 2021 to 2022 with the goal of producing long-lasting outcomes throughout Sri Lanka's Northern and Eastern Provinces,. A total of 1300 pupils who were forced to miss class due to the COVID-19 epidemic were helped by the home-based learning initiative with their necessary remote learning. With minimal disruption to their education, students were assisted in making the transition between their home and school-based learning contexts. In the Mullaitivu, Trincomalee, and Batticaloa education zones in the Northern and Eastern Provinces, Street Child used relationships with local government officials to enhance activities toward implementing Education Technology (Ed-tech) within the school community.

The home-based learning program helped pupils in remote locations to avoid losing out on their  learning. Five Zonal Educational offices in the provinces of the North and East directly implemented this program with our local network of partners. 1300 students received  interactive learning materials for English as part of the learning assistance package. A further245 teachers received training in inclusive and interactive learning, which includes the use of digital learning resources at all 19 Northern schools.

The program for home-based learning will be discontinued at the end of March 2023.

Due to one of the country's biggest economic crises to date and the COVID-19 pandemic, living circumstances have gotten worse and children's education has been seriously disrupted. Most children are experiencing food insecurity as a result of this catastrophe. In April 2023, Street Child intends to launch the project to address the issue. We anticipate your customary support for this endeavor as well. 

Dear Supporter,

Street Child is thankful for your support to ensuring students remain safe, in school and learning. We are very close to the target we hope to reach for this project and we thank you all for your generous support.

Through the waves of an economic and political crisis in the country, students have endured numerous periods of a loss of learning. A lack of fuel access for many students and teacher households resulted in students forced to engage in a 3-day school week, with 2 days dedicated to online learning. The concern of this schedule is that the same students are always left behind. The communities we support have minimum to no access to a reliable internet connection. Home-based learning solutions continue to support students with a lack of access to infrastructure that the mass have access to and during these periods of uncertainty and instability.

As the shift of concern moves away from COVID-19 and towards recovery of a shattered economy, the package of learning materials continue to act as a crucial survival kit for student’s as they continue to endure interrupted learning for close to 3 years now.

The interactive and inclusive learning skills that 105 teachers have been equipped with has been employed to further produce digital learning resources. Street Child hope that the revival of these learning materials will give confidence and strength to students that are forced to a schedule of missed formal education. The materials will perform as a supplementary resource to recover this loss of learning and continue to support children during periods of uncertainty.

Street Child hope to continue expanding this program to reach more students and encourage a continuation of learning throughout the challenges faced amid the pandemic, economic crisis and beyond.

We thank you immensely for your unwavering support.