Some of the trainers, para-professionals and students supported by the programme
The Trust has been working in the Mara region of Tanzania, to get at least 20,000 children who were out of school back into school. This project that has been underway since July 2016 identified and helped prepare children to be reintegrated into the formal education system through putting them in a fast tracked programme to help them catch up.
Phase One of Mara-Out-Of- School Education Programme officially came to an end on the 31st of March 2019, with the Ministry of Education in Tanzania committing to ensure learning continues in centres where the children were enrolled. Despite the different challenges realized during the project implementation, such as the low number of girl enrollment, the project was a great success. It successfully registered a total of enrollment of 23, 487 out of school children, of whom 28% are female (6,541) and 72% are male (16,946) and learners are transitioning to the mainstream education.
Summary Project Results (1 July 2016 â 31 December 2018)
To date, the project has managed to set up a total of 421 centres in 9 Local Government Authorities and trained trained 786 teachers, paraprofessionals and government trainers on the Care and Support for Teaching and Learning (CSTL) and Complementary Basic Education in Tanzania (COBET) models.
The project also purchased and distributed 12,195 COBET books, 60,000 learnersâ books, 7,200 facilitatorsâ books and 8,300 teachers and learnersâ kits to COBET centres. We are currently working towards mobilising resources in order to set up Phase Two of the project.
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The Trust supports and mobilises civil society networks on issues of ending child marriage, ending violence against children, ending female genital mutilation and promoting childrenâs rights, to carry out advocacy and action across Africa. Special focus is placed on Malawi, Mozambique, Tanzania and Zambia where child marriage continues to be a problem largely driven by poverty, gender inequality, harmful traditional practices, conflict, low levels of literacy, limited opportunities for girls and weak or non-existent protective and preventive legal frameworks.
Education is a fundamental right for all children, which is also a vehicle for social, economic and political transformation in communities, countries and the African continent at large. Recent studies indicate a lack of progress in some of the critical commitments aimed at improving education quality, access, retention and achievement, particularly for girls. In most African countries, girls may face barriers to learning, especially when they reach post-primary levels of education. By implementing multi-dimensional approaches to education which includes core education, personal development, life skills and economic competencies, the Trust partners with funding partners, governments, civil societies and the private sector to improve education access.
The Nutrition and Reproductive, Maternal, New-born, Child and Adolescent Health and Nutrition, (RMNCAH+N) of the Childrenâs Rights and Development Programme aims at promoting the Global Strategy for women, children and adolescentsâ health within the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) agenda. The strategy emphasises on the importance of effective country leadership as a common factor across countries making progress in improving the health of women, children and adolescents.
Through its Early Childhood Development (ECD) plan, The Trust will seek to put into action the new science and evidence Report that was presented by Lancet Series on Good and early development – the right of every child. This will be achieved by mobilising like-minded partners to contribute in the new science and evidence to reach all young children with ECD. The Trustâs goal is to be a catalyst for doing things differently, in particular, to rid fragmentation and lack of coordination across ECD sectors. In response to evidence showing the importance of political will in turning the tide against the current poor access and quality of ECD. Even before conception, starting with a motherâs health and social economic conditions, the early years of a childâs life form a fundamental foundation that determines whether a child will survive and thrive optimally.