Support  emergency integrated Child Protection and Education Through Schools for the Most Vulnerable IDP Children in Marka and Qoryoley districts of Lower Shabelle region The project targets 7 primary schools of learners 4868 (2665 boys and 2203 girls), 93 teachers (63 male, 30 female) 49 CECs (25 male and 24 female) namely Buulo Adeed, Golweyn, Gandawe, Elhaaji, Buufow, Nuurta taliyow in Merka and Hodan Primary school in Qoryooley districts of Lower Shabelle region affected by crisis (conflict, 2017 drought and 2018 floods) and ongoing droughts in South West State. AYUUB in response to the ongoing drought emergency affected learners in the larger Somalia has proposed this integrated project Education along with strong child protection activities which the purpose is to retain existing schools and enroll new IDPs in the new TLS, the project is targeted 4868 learners (2665 boys 2203 girls) and 93 teachers (63 male and 30 female) and CECs (25 male and 24 female) at school in mitigating the case of high school dropout rate, all kinds of child protection violations. The project will strive to achieve the outcome of enhancing quality learning opportunities ensure emergency affected children and have equal access, engaged in live-saving to a safe and protective learning environment and promotes personal well-being and social cohesion through provision of quality Teaching and Learning Materials, school feeding, improve physical and mental growth of learners through child protection, Teacher incentives to 93 teachers and head teachers spread over the 7 targeted schools in Merka and Qoryoley.
Protection aspects will provide protective learning environments for most vulnerable learners through Training of 93 teachers (63 male and 30 female) and CECs (25 male and 24 female) CECs on child protection issues including PSS, DRR in 7 targeted schools, In addition, this the project will consider CTC and community dialogue consultation and social mobilization as an entry point to influence the community for child protection aspects.AYUUB will conduct protection mapping to assess available protection service providers so children with protection concern are referred to get access to protection and medical services.
The project will train 93 teachers and 49 CECs on child protections and management of school resources to better address child protection and Education concerns brought about by the drought in the schools that AYUUB has been supporting with the help of volunteer teachers all of whom were once learners in the same schools and now giving back to the community where they were brought up. This will also act as entry points to address all child protection issues starting from the school sensitization, training, psychosocial support to the referral point.
The project is designed to reach IDPs children of school going ages by Providing immediate child protection for the most vulnerable children through awareness creation and support to the child to child clubs and Increase resilience through the provision of basic protection services and support to school-based resilience mechanisms that will contribute to the sustainability of children’s well-being and build the capacities of teachers and community to better respond to child protection issues.
By implementing this work in such a manner, AYUUB NGO is ensuring to not only build up the emergency, capacity and child protection and education opportunities available to vulnerable groups in Marka and Qoryooley, but to improve the child protection response capacity, coordination and cooperation between the different groups and administrations within the city to promote child protection and Education rights.