A young girl from the SOS Village in Lusaka Zambia.…
Getting good education for young children, like the girl above, in countries like Zambia is a real challenge. There are some ways to make learning more interactive and engaging. The SOS School in Lusaka is proud to have been chosen as a partner in the British Council's project entitled 'Connecting Classrooms'.
- Lisa
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A young girl from the SOS Village in Lusaka Zambia.
Getting good education for young children, like the girl above, in countries like Zambia is a real challenge. There are some ways to make learning more interactive and engaging. The SOS School in Lusaka is proud to have been chosen as a partner in the British Council's project entitled 'Connecting Classrooms'.
This is a British Council sponsored partnership between schools in the UK and Sub-Saharan Africa. The official launch was in June 2006.
The programme aims to increase understanding between young UK and African people at ages of 4 to 19 of each other's cultures, by funding collaborative curriculum-based projects and training young people in leadership skills through sport. According to the British Council, the Connecting Classrooms Project will reach 1.5 million young people across Africa and the UK over a five year span.
Initially, four Zambian schools participating will be in Lusaka, Chipata, Mongu and Livingstone. A link teacher will also be identified in each school. The link teachers will attend seminars with their counterparts and form a partnership where they will agree on a common curriculum based project which will be implemented in the Zambian schools.
The programme involves the following African countries in Africa: Botswana, Cameroon, Eritrea, Ghana, Kenya, Lesotho, Mauritius, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, South Africa, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Tanzani, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe.
- Mary
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A picture of mangos on a tree in Children's Village Kara, Togo.
Child trafficking and child labour are very real threats to children in Togo. Poverty and the collapse of family structures have been striking the country for several years.
If parents cannot meet their children's needs, the children are forced to struggle for their own survival and sometimes even for the survival of the whole family. I have found out about a couple of steps SOS is taking to help avoid such desperate situations.
The SOS family support offered in Togo currently extends to 117 families with a total of 236 individuals benefiting. This is mainly orphans or vulnerable children in Lomé and in Kara. The families are identified in co-operation with the child welfare authorities, hospitals and local NGOs. The programmes offer various kinds of basic support including food supply, schooling (purchase of school stationeries, school fee payment) and a medical insurance (provision/purchase of medication, subsidy in case of other medical expenses).
In a second step, SOS family support is helping families on their way to full independence. This is mainly done through training workshops and other ways of giving parents a means to make income for their family.
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