Save the Children Canada

Published purpose

This project aims to improve the realization of the right to safe, gender-responsive, quality learning for girls between the ages of 5 and 18, affected by the crisis and conflict in the Colombia-Venezuela border. This project responds to two major humanitarian crises facing Colombia, the migratory crisis caused by the arrival of millions of Venezuelan mixed migrants; and the internal armed conflict, which has existed for over 50 years and resulted in more than 8 million internally displaced people. Project activities include: (1) promoting community social and behaviour change communication and enrolment campaigns to promote girl’s education; (2) supporting community clubs and safe spaces where out-of-school girls can build positive social life skills and facilitate a transition to education institutions; (3) providing training to girls on socio-emotional and like skills, gender equality, gender-based violence (GBV), participation and educational rights; (4) distributing essential resources needed to access education, such as menstrual hygiene management kits; (5) mapping referral routes to child protection and adolescent sexual and reproductive health services; (6) providing training to teachers on gender-responsive teaching and learning strategies; and (7) developing local and national public awareness campaigns to address xenophobia and discrimination. The project’s primary beneficiaries are crisis-affected girls between the ages of 5 and 18, in and out-of-school, and at risk of not realizing their right to education and learning. This project expects to reach 30,403 direct beneficiaries, including 1,022 women, 746 men, and 28,635 children between the ages of 5 and 18 (of which 15,755 are girls).