Education  in Emergency Response for conflict affected IDPs, returnees and host communities school age children in Bora, Ofla, Raya Chercher, Alemata, and Mehoni Woredas of South Tigray Zone. This project will provide Education in Emergency response reaching 12,976 (321 Women, 321 Men, 6,167 Girls, 6167 Boys) conflict affected people in need in  Bora, Ofla, Raya Chercher, Alemata, and Mehoni districts of Southern Tigray Zone. Among the conflict affected people  targeted by this project are 12,334 (6,167 girls, 1,480 Children With Disability) are age 5 -14 primary school age children. The rest 642 (50% women) are teachers, local NGO staff, and education personnel to be reached through the capacity building programs of the project.

The project will enhance  access to equitable, safe, and inclusive education for 12,334 (50% girls, 12% CWDs) emergency-affected pre-primary and primary school aged boys’ and girls’ in these five selected districts in Southern Zone of Tigray. In line with the 2022 Ethiopia Humanitarian Response Plan (HRP), the project mainly aimed to 1) ensure equitable access to safe, protective, and conducive (pre-primary and primary) learning environments for crisis-affected girls, boys, including children with disabilities, 2) provide quality, relevant and age-appropriate education (formal and non-formal) for crisis-affected girls, boys, including children with disabilities, 3) Strengthen the capacity of education institutions, education personnel and communities to provide crisis-sensitive education for emergency-affected girls, boys, including children with disabilities, 4) Strengthen institutional and technical capacity of local NGOs to increase the education responses in terms of reach. To achieve these objectives, the major project  activities include minor rehabilitation of schools used by IDPs, provision of teaching and learning materials, recreational kits, recruitment and deployment of facilitators/teachers for the implementation of Accelerated School Readiness (ASR) for age 5-6 and Accelerated Learning Programs (ALP) modalities for age 7-14, training of teachers on Accelerated learning programs, gender responsive and sensitive curriculum, and Psychosocial Support (PSS). The project will also capacitate PTAs, Education Personnel, and local NGOs operating in the five targeted districts.

The project will as a consortium approach by Imagine1day and Special Educational Needs in Ethiopia (SENEthiopia). Imagine1day has ample years of experience implementing education, protection, and WASH in emergency projects in Ethiopia. SENEthiopia has expertise in special needs education with a track record of supporting persons with disabilities to enjoy their basic rights including to Livelihood, Education, Health and WASH, and Humanitarian Assistance on equal basis with others. Imagine1day and SENEthiopia are both actively present in Tigray and project targeted districts . The consortium members will capitalize on their collective best experiences in their effort to deliver effective and sustainable program for IDP and host communities in targeted areas. The consortium partners agreed on to implement the project based on their area of expertise. SENEthiopia will implement the inclusive education component with a focus on Children with disabilities and Accelerated Education Programs and school rehabilitations will be implemented by Imagine1day.