Promoter: Canossian Foundation
Duration: 1 year
Cost: € 40,000

Context:
Investments in training programs and refresher courses in the Sudanese education/training system is an aspect that has always been ignored for many reasons, the prime one being lack of funds.
In the course of 2010, thanks to Harambee International’s support, short training courses were carried out that aimed at enhancing the quality of methods used and developing an approach that includes continuous training and the acquisition of new knowledge and skills. The response on behalf of the recipients was much more positive than expected, both in terms of the number of participants and the enthusiasm showed. For this reason several local partners are urgently requesting continuity in this initiative in order to consolidate the knowledge and ideas acquired in the people who participated.

Objective:
The objective of the project is to increase and improve basic schooling and the living conditions of children from different ethnic groups that live in refugee camps and/or are in great need or poverty-stricken. The project will be carried out through a multi-disciplinary training program for teachers in Khartoum/Jabarona/El Obeid, by supporting educational activities in the refugee camps in Jabarona Omdurman (Khartoum), offering professional English courses for young people (in El Obeid and Jabarona), and supporting educational activities in Khartoum, Jabarona and El Obeid.

Recipients:
-200 teachers at the pre-school and elementary school in the Khartoum and Jabarona Dioceses;
-50 teachers at the pre-school in the El Obeid Diocese;
-80 teachers at the elementary school and high school in the El Obeid Diocese;
-100 children (5-13 years old) per year, residents in the Jabarona (Khartoum) refugee camps;
-1,080 youths in El Obeid.