Supporting Education for Internally Displaced Chil

Project: Supporting Education for Internally Displaced Children
Project ID: 72303
Organization: ONG ASRAD – Appui Solidaire pour le Renforcement de l’Aide au Développement
Country: Mali
Reporting Date: August 2026

Project Update: Continuing Resource Mobilization to Support Displaced Children's Education

ONG ASRAD remains committed to implementing the “Supporting Education for Internally Displaced Children” project in Mali.

The project aims to help internally displaced children continue their education despite the difficult circumstances faced by their families. Conflict, insecurity, displacement, poverty, and loss of livelihoods can severely disrupt children's education and increase the risk of school dropout.

During this reporting period, ASRAD has continued its efforts in project preparation, community engagement, partnership development, identification of needs, and resource mobilization.

However, we have not yet secured sufficient financial resources to implement the project at the planned scale. We are therefore continuing to seek financial and technical partners to help transform these preparations into concrete educational assistance for internally displaced children.

Why Support Is Still Needed

Internally displaced families often arrive in host communities with very limited financial resources. For many parents, meeting immediate needs such as food, shelter, healthcare, and water takes priority, making it difficult to cover school-related expenses.

Additional funding will enable ASRAD to provide essential educational assistance, including:

• School bags, notebooks, pens, and other learning materials;
• Educational kits for internally displaced children;
• Support to facilitate school enrolment and continued attendance;
• Learning and recreational activities for vulnerable children;
• Support for girls and children facing particular barriers to education;
• Community awareness activities involving parents and caregivers;
• Coordination with schools, teachers, host communities, and local stakeholders.

Our objective is to ensure that displacement does not permanently deprive children of their right to education.

Education, Protection and Hope

For internally displaced children, education is more than academic learning. A safe and supportive educational environment can provide stability, protection, social inclusion, hope, and a sense of normality during a period of significant uncertainty.

Education can also help strengthen children's resilience and provide them with the knowledge and skills necessary to build their future.

ASRAD therefore seeks to work closely with displaced families, schools, teachers, community leaders, women, youth, and host communities to promote inclusive access to education.

Current Challenge: Funding

Our principal challenge remains mobilizing sufficient financial resources to implement the planned activities and reach more internally displaced children.

ASRAD continues to seek support from donors, foundations, humanitarian and development organizations, institutions, companies, and individual contributors.

Donations received through GlobalGiving can help us move from preparation to implementation by financing educational kits, learning materials, community activities, and other essential forms of support.

Next Steps

As funding becomes available, ASRAD plans to:

• Continue identifying the educational needs of internally displaced children;
• Coordinate with schools, displaced families, host communities, and local stakeholders;
• Mobilize additional financial and technical partners;
• Purchase and distribute school supplies and educational kits;
• Facilitate access to learning opportunities for vulnerable displaced children;
• Promote girls' education and inclusive access to schooling;
• Conduct awareness activities with parents and communities;
• Monitor school participation and the support provided;
• Document results, challenges, and lessons learned.

A Message to Our Supporters

We sincerely thank the GlobalGiving community, donors, and partners for their continued interest in this important initiative.

At this stage, additional financial support remains essential to enable ASRAD to implement the project at the desired scale and reach more internally displaced children in Mali.

Every contribution can make a difference. Providing a child with school supplies and access to learning can help restore hope and provide an opportunity to continue building a better future despite displacement.

Displacement should not mean the end of a child's education.

With your support, we can help internally displaced children return to learning, remain in school, and regain hope for their future.

Thank you for standing with internally displaced children and their families in Mali.

ONG ASRAD
Appui Solidaire pour le Renforcement de l’Aide au Développement
Mali