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Cairo Education Insight One in 14 Egyptian children has never attended school (UNICEF 2010). This includes children from poor, urban households living in informal settlements in Cairo, which often lack public services and infrastructure such as schools and health centres. A Population Council survey (2011) concluded that levels of absenteeism, repetition and dropouts demonstrate the internal efficiency of the education system is low. Data from UNHCR indicates that at least 50% of young refugees from countries such as Sudan, Somalia, Ethiopia, Eritrea and Iraq are not attending formal schooling. In addition to bureaucratic and language barriers, many refugee children do not access public education in Egypt due to experiences of racism and xenophobia. Refugee Youth Project will work with Children’s Cooperative to facilitate a young person-led research project exploring refugee and Egyptian children’s experiences of education in Cairo. This project will engage young refugees and Egyptians in gathering information from peers, community members, teachers and professionals to improve understanding of the barriers that some children face in accessing and/or achieving in education, to propose potential solutions to the challenges, and to inform advocacy efforts on educational rights for all children. It will build mutual understanding and shared goals amongst young refugees and Egyptians.
Southern Sudan Community Schools Programme Children in South Sudan have missed out on years of schooling because of the war. The government doesn't have the money to provide school places for all the children who need them. In addition, even where schools exist, children can be put off going to them by threats of violence from other children, corporal punishment from teachers, or the lack of basic facilities such as toilets. Girls and vulnerable groups, like orphans and disabled children, particularly suffer a loss in education. The project will set up  ‘one room schools' in a number of remote areas; children will be taught in a special room set aside in their communities by women who come from their area and who have been trained by the project on how to teach. Because of this project, many children and young people will be given a chance to have an education which they could never otherwise have enjoyed. Afterwards, they can then carry on with their education by joining government schools; or take up vocational training or start small businesses. The project can lead to life-changing opportunities.
AMERA-Egypt Asylum Seeker and Refugee Support Project Refugees and asylum-seekers flee to Egypt from countries across Africa and the Middle East seeking protection from persecution, violence and abuse. However, when they arrive in Egypt, the facilities for properly assessing their claims for refugee status and for receiving other forms of psychological and social support are very limited. This often means that refugees and asylum seekers are consigned to the margins of society, unable to fend for themselves and vulnerable to discrimination and abuse. This proposal aims to help refugees arriving in Egypt with their legal applications to ensure that they present their cases in the most accurate way possible. If they are successful, this opens up access to health and education services, and the possibility of staying and working in Egypt legally.
Slum Improvement  Project in Kawempe Division in Kampala City Slum Improvement  Project in Kawempe Division in Kampala City - Feasibility Study
Family Reunification and Re-integreation of Streetchildren in Kinshasa (DRC) 20,000 girls and boys, many of whom are branded as witches, end up on city streets in the Democratic Republic of Congo. They face daily risk of abuse, drug-addiction and violence. Project staff meet them on the streets, both by day and night, and encourage local leaders to help and refer children. At a drop-in centre, staff listen to them and offer medical care, a meal, washing facilities, literacy classes and games. There is a temporary shelter for girls. The project traces the families and works with them to address their problems so the children can return home. It helps the children go back to school or learn a vocational skill. Staff visit families regularly, offer them small loans to start income-generating activities and help with their rent. The project organises meetings with local church leaders, government authorities and the community, as well as broadcasting radio programmes, to tackle people's attitudes and behaviour to the children – and especially the belief in child witchcraft. By the end of three years, the children will be living back at home, going to school or have a trade. Their family and community will combat accusations of witchcraft and protect them.
Better Health Outcomes through Mentoring and Assessment (BHOMA II) In Zambia, levels of illness and death remain unacceptably high. 440 per 100,000 women die in childbirth every year, compared with 12 per 100,000 in the UK. Almost one in ten children die before their fifth birthday, and a third of these deaths happen in the first month of life. Life expectancy is just 48 years. Most deaths are preventable, but the public health system is poorly staffed and resourced, leading to low uptake of primary health services. This project builds on a programme to reduce death rates in adults and children through improvements in primary health care, which has been running since 2010. The programme seeks to improve the quality of care in health facilities in three rural districts of Lusaka province, and to improve the demand for and use of health services. Funding from Comic Relief will enable the introduction of strengthened maternal health and new-born care, and will add another year to the life of the programme, which will help improve the quality of learning. Health worker training, mentoring and support will improve the supply of health services and community-level activities will promote the demand for them. This will lead to improved maternal and newborn health and fewer people dying from preventable illnesses.
Building Somali Disapora support to Somalia HIRDA is a UK based organisation led by Somalis from the Diaspora. It  supports education, women’s empowerment and health programmes in Somalia, and runs educational programmes in the UK, funded by a BBC Children in Need grant.  The organisation is relatively strong in terms of its networks, membership and its partnerships in Somalia, and the Netherlands. The organisation lacks expertise in designing development projects, fundraising and in organisational development. It particularly seeks training in organisational management, proposal writing, project design and evaluation, donor identification, and ways to sustain its own future. It is currently staffed only by volunteers with a small administration budget covering rent and utilities.  This grant will facilitate a training programme enabling key individuals to attend relevant courses from providers such as INTRAC, Mango and BOND.  External consultants will run in-house training in capacity building and fundraising for all trustees and key volunteers, who will also be supported to give more time to building HIRDA’s future. To have a realistic and achievable programme of training and consultancy-run workshops they were advised to extend the project timeframe to at least 20 months, to which they have willingly agreed. They have also tightened up their plans for the training programme, and this should be translated into a plan of action before the grant is made.
African Coffee Special Initiative This project will build an alliance of strong, resilient, collaborating cooperatives that produce high quality coffees for strategic placing in global markets.
African Ethical Agribusiness: Knowledge and Networking Empowerment - Climate Cha The project will test different communication channels (SMS, radio, participatory video) to raise awareness of land management practices that increase resilience to climate change and work with smallholder farmers to understand what the main barriers to adoption are.
Developing an Inhalant Rehabilitation Programme for Street Connected Young Peopl Drug addiction is a major problem amongst the 8000 children living on the streets in Uganda and is a barrier to them accessing services and leaving the streets. The main drug used on the streets is Mafuta (aeroplane fuel) which is inhaled through the mouth. Mafuta is cheaper to buy than food, and is readily available in urban settings. However it seriously impairs children's health, is highly addictive, and can be lethal.  This research builds on previous research into global best practice in rehabilitation and cure. It will form the basis for a major new intervention to provide holistic care and support for young people trying to get off Mafuta. It will also add to global knowledge of it.
AFFORD Business Centre (ABC) The project aims to deliver a wide range of business training and coaching to new entrepreneurs in Sierra Leone, who by improving the success of their small and medium scale enterprises can increase employment opportunities for local people. By establishing a dedicated Afford Business Centre (ABC) with a variety of revenue generating approaches to training and capacity building, AFFORD UK and its local partner AFFORD SL aim to create a sustainable model of business intervention targeted at small and medium enterprises and to contribute to greater recognition of the role in economic development these enterprises play in Sierra Leone. AFFORD UK also aims to mobilise and channel Diaspora and social investment into new start-up and growing enterprises in Sierra Leone and, if the Centre is successful, would aim to replicate this widely in Africa.
Advancing the right to read in Rwanda This project seeks to address an alarming global trend – the rise in numbers of children going to primary school and finishing primary school who are unable to read well enough to learn. In Rwanda, enrolment rates are now high (93%) but this rapid expansion has led to issues around quality and learning. The aim of this proposal is to ensure that during the critical early years of primary school, Rwandan children acquire strong literacy skills.  The project will do this by improving the teaching of reading, by increasing the supply of high quality local language reading materials available to read, and by doing community-based activities to engage parents and develop a popular culture of reading. As a result, over 100,000 children in primary schools in Rwanda will have an opportunity to acquire the basic literacy skills they need for on-going learning success and for life.
Peri- Urban Community Driven Model for Equitable Services (COMEQS) - Inception p This grant will fund the inception phase of CARE's Peri- Urban Community Driven Model for Equitable Services (COMEQS) in four peri-urban areas of Lusaka
Mainstreaming psychosocial support into the education system to enhance educatio Although more children in Zambia are enrolling in school, one in ten still miss out altogether and others struggle to stay in and succeed at school. Among these are children who are permanently separated from one or both of their parents, children with chronic illnesses like HIV and those with elderly or ill carers. Currently, in Zambia, over half of all orphans are not in school. Experience has shown that the learning ability of children is directly linked to their wellbeing at home and in the community. While many development projects have tried to address the material needs of these children (for example providing schools fees or uniforms) there has been a big gap in terms of meeting their emotional and social needs. This project aims to embed psychosocial support (caring for the well-being of children) in the education system in Zambia to ensure that children's emotional, social as well as physical needs are met. To do this the project will roll out a teacher training programme in providing psychosocial support for children. The programme will draw on REPSSI's successful certificated training programme for community care workers, which has now been expanded to ten countries in the South African Development Community (SADC) region. The curriculum has already been developed by REPSSI in conjunction with the Ministry of Education, UNICEF and teacher training colleges. As well as training over 1,000 teachers, the project will build the skills of 300 community-based volunteers working with vulnerable children in the same communities as the schools. Over the five year period, these teachers and community volunteers will directly support over 40,000 children and young people. In addition mainstreaming psychosocial support means that over 100,000 children in 420 schools will be supported by this special initiative. As a result, vulnerable children will be helped to reach their potential through staying in, and performing better in school. The project will also be able to demonstrate the efficacy of the model and if successful, become embedded in the education system in Zambia and potentially replicated in other countries.
Improve maternal and newborn health outcomes in Malawi?s Ntchisi district Malawi has a high level of maternal and newborn deaths, many of which could be prevented by timely use of health services The project will set up women’s groups to empower women to use maternal health services and will work with communities to increase knowledge of maternal and newborn health issues. To address the quality of care, the project will train health workers, set up quality improvement teams in health centres, and strengthen the use of data. As a result, more women and their newborns will seek and get the services they need to protect and improve their health.
Marginalised Girls (and Boys) Claim Their Right to Quality Education (Tanzania) Only one in three girls in Tanzania makes it to secondary school. Many drop out because of pregnancy, forced marriage, damaging traditional customs or the expense. Many families do not value girls’ schooling. In school, the girls risk sexual and physical abuse. This project works with communities and schools to tackle these issues, raising awareness, setting up parents’ councils and children’s clubs, training teachers, improving inspection and lobbying government for change. As a result, more girls will go to school, do better and move onto secondary education. They will improve their confidence, have a say in decisions and be safer.
Strengthening feminist action in Sierra Leone to address SGBV Medica Mondiale will partner with three Sierra Leonean women’s rights organizations: Girl2Girl Empowerment Movement (G2G), Women Against Violence and Exploitation in Society (WAVES), & Choices and Voices Foundation for Women and Girls (CVF).  They will expand prevention providing improved community awareness and mechanisms to prevent s/gbv and to protect women and girls; improve responses - improved response mechanisms and approaches to adequately respond to incidents of s/gbv and to provide justice to survivors; and amplify feminist action - feminist actors have improved organisational strength, to amplify women’s voices, to transform public opinion and social practice.
Advancing the Frontiers of Sustainable Malaria Control in Liberia - A Model for In Liberia, malaria accounts for 35% of all outpatient visits and 41% of deaths of children under five. With huge investments from the Global Fund and the US President's Malaria Initiative, rates of malaria in Liberia have dropped since 2005, but are still high: 35% of children under five have malaria parasites in their blood. This Special Initiative will work in two distinct areas. Firstly, it will improve access to malaria diagnosis and treatment by making diagnostic tools and effective malaria medicines available at an affordable price in the private sector in urban slums. In Liberia, artemisinin combination therapy (ACT) is only widely available in public health facilities. But many people in Liberia do not go to these facilities for malaria diagnosis treatment.   There are many reasons for this, but one over-arching factor is the fact that Liberia has recently emerged from a devastating civil war where the health service was all but destroyed. Added to this, the distance to the facility, cost of transport, and concerns about long waiting times and lack of drugs, it's easy to understand that people often buy malaria medicines from local pharmacies or medicine stores – even when they haven't been tested positive for malaria. In these stores, there are few diagnosis kits and although ACTs may be available, they're expensive. The result is that poorer people buy lower cost but ineffective malaria drugs. The project will train medicine store staff to correctly diagnose malaria using reliable malaria test kits. Subsidised ACTs will be made available. This new approach, if successful, will influence expansion to other parts of the country and provide lessons for other countries seeking to make diagnosis, and affordable ACTs available through the private sector, ultimately improving access to effective treatment for malaria. Secondly, the project will test the efficacy, acceptability, durability and cost-effectiveness of a new malaria prevention tool called durable wall lining (DL). DL is a material impregnated with insecticides that is affixed to the inside walls of a house. The study will compare DL with another malaria prevention tool, indoor residual spraying. This research project will be one of four studies to assess whether DL could be considered a viable option for large-scale malaria control in Africa.
Increasing access, retention and performance in primary education (Sierra Leone) Studies have shown that children who participate in pre-school are more likely to enrol, and achieve better results in primary school. In recent years only two in three children completed primary level education in Sierra Leone. Overall the quality of education is poor, with no early childhood development provision. Educational attainment of girls is particularly low, in part due to gender-based violence, high levels of teenage pregnancy and harmful cultural practices, such as early marriage. This project will introduce a community-based model of early childhood development and prepare pre-schoolers to enter primary school. The project will also deliver life skills education to older children on topics including child protection, sex education and teenage pregnancy. It will support teachers to improve classroom teach and learning practice. As a result enrolment, retention and performance in primary schools will be enhanced; communities will understand the importance of early childhood development and actively support their children, including the girls, through their primary education; teachers will be better able to engage with and motivate the children; and a cadre of ‘master trainers' will become experts on implementing community-based early childhood development and life skills education.
Transforming livelihoods through the honey trade in Mozambique For thousands of families in central Mozambique, increasing honey production and quality offers a potential new source of income. Beekeepers need better technical skills, help to organise themselves into associations, and a channel to national and international organic honey markets. This project will support 5,000 beekeepers in two provinces of Central Region to produce better quality honey with advice from specialist production experts. They will be helped to sell this through a new honey marketing company which will be 45%-owned by a representative beekeeper's union, with guidance from an experiencing advisor in cooperative management. Improved production, organisation and access to markets will significantly improve income at the family level, as well as building the knowledge and skills of farmers. The project will reduce deforestation by switching from bark hives to modern hives.
Projet de Tissage The West African hand woven textile industry is now threatened with extinction. In Burkina Faso 430,000 tonnes of raw cotton are grown annually, but more than 99% is exported leaving only 1000 tonnes for local ‘added value' products. This has left around 100,000 weavers, spinners, dyers, tailors and their families unemployed or underemployed and created an exodus of rural people to the cities to seek any form of work. Most clothing and textiles are now imported, or if made locally, use imported yarns, fabric and synthetic components. This project aims to revive handloom textiles in Burkina Faso, and reverse the rural exodus by revitalising and upgrading traditional skills, strengthening technical and management capacity for local production and to design and build up new overseas markets for high value speciality products in the Europe and North America. It seeks to increase the income potential of cotton producing farmers, craft workers, weavers, spinners, dyers and tailors whose livelihoods have been destroyed by the imported cotton clothes which have flooded the market in recent years. The applicant, a UK based design promotion organisation will support the commercial expansion of the Burkina partner company which exports 100% African, 100% handmade and 100% natural fashion and home textiles, and accessories. This follows a successful pilot project, with the aim of creating a sustainable future for skilled craftspeople and families, using a model which can be replicated elsewhere.
Community Partnership for Early Childhood Development in Moyo District (COPE) This project will work in two remote communities in northern Uganda which have some of the worst primary education indicators and where a tiny minority of children have access to early childhood education. The project will establish two model community-led centres for children to play, learn and socialise. These will link to a cluster of other non-formal groups in communities and local primary schools. Parents, community members and local government will be engaged to deliver on government's early childhood development policy. There is a strong focus on nutrition and family learning.  As a result of the project, children will have the best possible start to early childhood learning and care.
Phase 2: Moblising Action to Safeguard Rights of Girls and Young Women in Tanzan Gender based violence and gender inequality are endemic in Tanzania. In the project regions prevalence of FGM is also very high (39.9% in Mara and 63.8% in Tarime) and child marriage is a significant problem, with 14 currently the legal minimum age for marriage and 20% of girls having children before they turn 18.  To address this, the project will challenge discrimination, a lack of political will and inadequate laws with five types of intervention: support for girls and young women to be more confident through participation in clubs and activities; support for their economic independence; activities to challenge and educate communities and duty bearers; and support to three local partners.
Implementing Inclusive Education for Blind Children in Bombali Sierra (Sierra Le In Sierra Leone very few blind or visually impaired children go to school. Parents do not see the need for it; schools do not have the facilities or equipment required to teach them; and teachers are not trained in working with children with disabilities. Prejudice is rife and decision-makers often ignorant about the issues. However, Sierra Leone has recently passed new Disability Legislation and a new National Disability Commission is being established to implement the law. This project focuses on supporting blind children to go to school. It will provide practical training for teachers, will work with families and children to support them into schools, will educate communities about the rights of blind children, and will equip six mainstream schools with the skills and training to educate and support blind or visually impaired (BVI) children. Children from specialist blind schools, as well as those who have for so long been denied an education due to their disability, will be able to learn alongside their peers in mainstream schools. The project will provide a blueprint for initiatives across Sierra Leone so that all BVI children can access the education to which they are entitled.