Improving the access of earthquake-affected children to education services in northwest Syria ltpgtltbrgtThis project has been designed to contribute to addressing the needs and filling in the gaps that have appeared in the Syrian education sector as a result of the earthquake that struck both Turkiye and SyrialtbrgtThis integrated project aims to achieve a situation where earthquake-affected children (IDPs)access to durable solutions has been improved through access to quality education in a protective environment in the Al-Amal camp in the Afrin region, which ONSUR established as an earthquake emergency response.ltbrgtThe project’s activities revolve around the following two components:ltbrgt1)Provision of minimal Education in Emergencies package: under this component, the following activities will be carried out:ltbrgt-Establishment of child-friendly Temporary Learning Spaces (CFTLS): the project will establish 25 CFTLS in Al-Amal camps located in Afrin district in order to provide education services for the earthquake-affected children living in the campsltbrgt-Provision of emergency education:through these spaces, the project will implement an intensive temporary education program in order to enable 1000 male and female earthquake-affected children to overcome their educational shortcomings within a relatively short period of timeltbrgt-Provision of educational supplies: the project will also provide the child-friendly Temporary Learning Spaces with consumables and operational supplies including stationeries, supplementary materials, recreational kits and materials for game-based psychosocial activitiesltbrgt-Provision of incentives to teachers and other educational staff:the project will also provide teachers and other staff of the child-friendly spaces with a monthly incentive . In total,50 male and female staff of child-friendly spaces [including 35 teachers,1CFS manager,2administrators,5 PSS facilitators,2case workers and5 janitors]will benefit from this activityltbrgt-Establishment of parent-teacher associations (PTAs): the project will also make sure that a PTA is established in each of the child-friendly spaces (SFS) in order to meet regularly and discuss issues concerning children’s attendance in the CFSs as well as their academic performance, exam results etc.ltbrgt-Conduction of back to learning (BTL) campaigns: the project will conduct campaigns to sensitize out-of-school children, their parents and local communities in the target areas. Campaign messages will be focused on the importance of getting back to school and benefiting from education facilities available in the communities. As part of the BTL campaigns, children, their parents and local communities will also be sensitized about Cholera outbreak and precautionary sanitary and hygiene measures to prevent infection.ltbrgt-Conduction of PSS and recreational activities: by adopting the War Child’s “I DEAL” learning package, the project will facilitate psychosocial support (PSS) activities in the child friendly spaces. Recreational materials [puzzles, memory games, sport items, building blocks etc.) will also be provided to the child friendly spaces by the project.ltbrgt-Conduction of trainings on MHPSS and PFA: the project will also conduct a 5-day training for the teachers and other staff of child friendly spaces. The training topics will be focused on mental health, psychosocial support (MHPSS) and psychological first aid (PFA).ltbrgt2) Child protection case management and referral services: through this component, the project will identify the most vulnerable earthquake-affected children who are in need of different protections services [including family tracing, family reunification, healthcare, nutrition, food  NFI distribution etc ] and address their needs through direct assistance or inter-agency referral mechanisms.ltbrgtIn total 1000 conflict-affected children [500 girls, 500 boys aged 5 to 17, including 50 CwD] and 50 teachers and CFS staff will directly benefit from both project components. Moreover, 4000 OOSC will be reached out through BTL campaigns.lt/pgtltpgt





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