2017 LB062 LB064 LB4002 Back to the Future: School readiness, inclusion and retention for children victims of the Syrian Crisis in Lebanon and Jordan (MADAD 33) Conflict and Consequences: To date, Lebanon is hosting an official number of 1.069.111 Syrian refugees. This number dramatically increases with the unregistered/deregistered refugees including from Palestine and Iraq. According to the Lebanon Crisis Response Plan 2015-2016 approximately 477,034 displaced Syrian children in Lebanon are 3 to 18 years old. Approximately 60% of children are out of school and the increased numbers of children who are enrolled, have had enormous pressure on the current school system. General Objective: Contribute to address the continued lack of access to education and protection for the majority of Syrian refugee children in Lebanon and Jordan. Specific Objectives: Promote enrolment and improve retention in the formal education system for vulnerable children in Lebanon and Jordan. Within this Consortium, War Child focuses on this objective in North Lebanon and Mount Lebanon. Expected Results: - Increased awareness of the rights of vulnerable children to access education; - Preschool and out of school children access the formal education system properly prepared and access has improved; - Retention rates of school-aged children and adolescents are improved; - Capacity of local actors and project staff increased in quality PSS & protection. Project Design Output 1: Awareness, Advocacy and Coordination: An increase in awareness and actions promoting the rights of vulnerable children to access education in Lebanon, Jordan and Europe. Output 2: Readiness: Preschool and out of school children targeted by the project activities adequately prepared to access the formal education system; Output: 3. Access: Access to formal education system of children improved; Output 4: Retention rates of school-aged children and adolescents improved. Output 5: The capacity of the local actors and project staff in delivering quality Educational and Psychosocial Support services is strengthened. Summary of project Activities With children and young people: - Organization of Early Childhood Development (ECE) activities for preschool children aged 3 to 5; o With children, improve their social, emotional, cognitive and physical skills. - Organisation of Basic Literacy and Numeracy activities for children aged 6 and above; o Children will be divided in two age groups: 6-8 and 9 and above with activities adjusted to each specific age group. o Through those activities, children will learn to read, write, speak and listen, understand numbers, operations and how to measure. - Ensure participants’ safety in access to education by providing school transport. - Provision of a learning support program featuring remedial classes and homework support. - Offer foreign language courses in order to remove one of the main barriers preventing children’s enrolment in schools. - Providing psychosocial support With parents, caregivers, teachers and schools: - Providing psychosocial support to parents and caregivers; - Training for teachers on child protection policies and instruments in collaboration with the Ministry of Education, - Implementing a comprehensive program in cooperation with companies to build new facilities and rehabilitate public schools; With the community: - Creating awareness amongst community members, families and children through campaigns, outreach sessions and information sessions in order to ensure all understand and comply with the right of all children to access education and the learning opportunities available. This is based on: (1) The creation/support to the Community Education Committees to support community programs on the enrolment of children in public schools. - Provide support for Back to School Campaigns. With the Consortium: - Setting up of steering committees comprising the Consortium Members and when possible the representatives of the Institutions at country level. (2) Making sure the programme activities are in line with the ministries of education in Lebanon and Jordan. (3) Developing Quality programming tools for implementation of activities. - Multimedia campaigns in the two countries and Europe; - Organization of meetings, information sessions, campaigns, including outreach, in order to ensure that girls and boys and their families are fully aware of the options of access to Formal Education and of the available NFE programmes as pathway to Formal education. - Training and technical support for project staff regarding monitoring.