Save the Children Canada

Published purpose

This project contributes to children enjoying their right to quality education during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, by facilitating education continuity for vulnerable girls and boys between the ages of 6 and 12. This project also supports learning for deprived out-of-school girls and boys living in care institutions. Project activities include: (1) increasing access to resources by distributing learning materials and gadgets, as well as establishing community-based learning corners; (2) developing a gender-equitable parenting program that tackles the role of fathers in caregiving, women’s decision making, and violence prevention; (3) providing training to teachers and school heads on gender-responsive technical products and learning materials to strengthen their capacity to deliver quality distance-based education; (4) piloting a home-based assessment with the Department of Education to monitor children’s learning and well-being; and (5) establishing communication platforms for meaningful household-school-community engagement. This project expects to benefit 51,595 children, parents/caregivers, school administrators/teachers and local government officials, of which 24,848 are girls and 2,360 are women.