Providing Immediate Educational Needs (Education Comes First) The project aims to provide an emergency intervention to save the academic year and prevent children from dropping out of school, by providing access to quality FE and NFE opportunities. The project has the following components:

1st component: Expanding ongoing formal education services 
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Supporting 11 schools that lost their funds to be able to operate for the rest of the academic year 2018-19, and provide formal education for 6,631 enrolled children (3,789 girls, 2,842 boys) (5-17, year old). The support includes: (i) education actors’ incentives, (ii) providing school supplies for students, teachers, and school supplies include the monthly consumables (Stationary, services, learning resources, hygiene supplies, first aid kits).
To ensure schools funding status, a declaration is signed by each school manager. Also, all schools have been cross-checked with 4Ws of Education Cluster and MANAHEL. 
Please refer to the attached schools list for detailed information about the selected schools.

One school have a class for children with special needs. The school has 2 experienced teachers in teaching children with special needs. Also, the children will be provided with a transportation services from/to school.

2nd component: Providing Non-Formal Education (NFE)
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Providing access to immediate NFE for 770 OOSC (439 girls and 331 boys) (8-15, year old) in 4 NFE centers in northern Hama to enable the targeted children to enroll in the formal education in next years.

There are two type of centers: (i)Literacy and Numeracy Centers prioritizing OOSC (8-12, year old). The literacy and numeracy curricula are (Arabic, English, Numeracy/Soroban, and PSS/I-Deal). The used curricula have been implemented by Bonyan in different projects supported by UNICEF, HF, and arche noVa. The curricula have been proved very successful in these projects. (ii)Remedial Centers for school-aged children with low education problem (13-15, years old). The center provides remedial education based on formal SiG curricula.

NFE activity will accompanied with (1)BTL campaign targeting 1000 child (600 girls, 400 boys) as an outreach tool to local communities, (2)Emergency teachers’ capacity building, to provide teachers with essential skills in conducting lessons, and special training for child protection PSS animators (3)Providing educational kits for students, teachers, and centers, and (4)WASH facilities maintenance.

3rd component: Providing Winterization support for schools and educational centers
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During winter season the schools and educational centers witness more students dropping-out due to cold weather. Reasons are lack of heating in classroom in additional to broken windows and doors.
This component aims to save the children from the harsh of winter thus, maintain their attendance by conducting light maintenance to school windows, doors, desk and providing heaters and heating fuel.
Total number of 281 Classrooms and administration rooms in the all project FE/NFE school and center are to be provided with heaters along with its accessories, and 3 liter of fuel daily for 5 days a week. These classrooms will have its windows, and doors maintenance and replaced the broken glass with transparent plastic sheets.

Bonyan will conduct desk maintenance campaign for the schools in the targeted communities, the campaign aims to conduct 2,450 desks in more than 30 schools benefiting 7350 children (3,8211 girls, 3,528 boys)

Readiness: as this is an emergency appeal Bonyan is committed to initiate project activity immediately, and work on tight schedule