Education emergency response to support school-age children in Aleppo and Latakia through an integrated approach ltpgtltspan style="color: black font-family:"gtThe proposed project aligns
with the second reserve allocation strategy issued by the SHF and addresses
the primary priority of scaling up the humanitarian response and providing
essential services to earthquake-affected individuals, including health care,
protection, lt/spangtltspan style="font-size: 14px font-family:"gtwater, sanitation, and shelter assistance, as well as addressing the underfunded
areas' nutrition, food, and education needs. ltbrgtlt/spangtlt/pgtltpgtltspan style="font-size: 14px"gtThe project specifically
focuses on lt/spangtltu style="font-size: 14px"gtmeeting the educational needslt/ugtltspan style="font-size: 14px"gt and priorities identified in the reserve
allocation strategy, which are centered on maintaining and building skills,
social and emotional learning, and psychosocial support to affected children,
as well as supporting the safe resumption of learning by rehabilitating
schools. The proposed project follows an integrated approach that corresponds
to the comprehensive educational needs of school-age children. It aims to
rehabilitate a total of 25 schools in Aleppo and Latakia that sustained minor
damage due to the earthquake. The list of targeted schools was nominated by the Ministry of Education and coordinated/confirmed with the education sub-sector
in Aleppo and Latakia. The rehabilitation efforts will prioritize the creation
of a safe and inclusive learning environment for children  according to an assessment that will be carried
out in all targeted schools during the first weeks of the project. In addition to the minor
rehabilitation of schools, the project will also offer Non-Formal Education
(NFE) classes to students, specifically those lt/spangtturningltspan style="font-size: 14px"gt to 9th grade  12th grade.
The NFE classes will be provided during summer break to fill the gap of  lost months of education due to the EQ. They will be provided in the form of remedial classes for a total
of 1,500 students. Furthermore, the project will contribute to maintaining
and building skills, social and emotional learning, and psychosocial support to
affected children. Relevant activitieslt/spangtltspan style="font-size: 14px font-family:"gt will involve –
among others- ltbgtrecreational pursuits lt/bgtsuch
as sports, music, art, drama, and handicrafts, and each school will be supplied
with a recreational kit designed for this purpose. The recreational activities aim to promote
social and emotional learning and provide psychosocial support to students in
an entertaining way. Several recreational activities will be conducted in interactive
and participatory ways, ltbgtengaging both parents
and childrenlt/bgt in joint activities. Recreational activities will be done
through different approaches that include drama, singing, painting, handicrafts,
movies, and storytelling. FCA has already developed guideline material and well-established
expertise in conducting recreational activities for school-age children to raise
their awareness (in several topics) and support their psychosocial well-being. Parallel to the above, teachers’ groups in
targeted schools will receive training sessions on several lifesaving topics to
be able to support the psychosocial  emotional well-being of school-age children
later. Such topics include PSS first aid, GBV, trauma healing, and other
critical topics. The capacity building of teachers will run over 3 days and will follow INEE guidelines and standards. The proposed
project will benefit a total of 1,500 children through NFE classes,  over 6300 children and 1,600 parents in joint recreational
activities. The project will build the capacity of 125 teachers throughout
the training sessions. Through minor rehabilitation of 25 schools, the project will benefit around 19,300 students from those schools who will continue learning
in a safe environment.lt/spangtlt/pgt