Achievements in Somalia:
Formal and Informal education
The principal result in the past three years was the increment of student enrolment through sustainable, qualitative and accessible basic education for every gender. In 2007 the student enrolment of HIRDA schools reached 2788 students, in which 44.21% were girls where 488 students have graduated from HIRDA schools during that period.
HIRDA became partners with UNICEF in 2005 to provide school kits, UNICEF syllabus and text books for 20 primary schools in Gedo Region; in 2007 the enrolment of those schools was 4391 students. In 2006 HIRDA facilitated the formation of JUBA Education Network (JEN) of 17 schools with total students of 7272 students in Kismayo schools. The total student enrolment in HIRDA Schools, UNICEF- HIRDA supported schools and (HIRDA- JEN) supported schools were 14.450 students.
Constructions of classrooms were in parallel with student’s enrolment to create a friendly learning environment and 20 classrooms were constructed in Bardere and Sarinley during last 3 year’s period. To increase educational opportunities for orphan children, HIRDA sponsored 530 orphan students in Bardera and Abud-wak while 205 teachers were trained to improve the quality of education. After a long and intensive awareness campaign of ownership and community empowerment, HIIRDA succeeded to convince the local community to take over the schools and cover teacher’s salaries. HIRDA will seek to sponsor 500 students of destitute poor families and IDPs who couldn’t afford the fee.
HIRDA has succeeded in convincing Somali Development Foundation based in USA and IQRA based in UK to run Abud-wak secondary school. HIRDA works with GEEDI (Gedo education Development Institute) supported by Markabley organization based in UK. HIRDA has agreed with GEEDI to assume vocational schools, secondary and higher so as HIRDA will focus only primary level. The enrolment of vocational schools in the 3 year period was 371 students. The adult education on the other hand was 458 in which 55% were female.
Water and Sanitation Sector:
HIRDA management team in Bardere has succeeded to become UNICEF’s health sector partner. Together with UNICEF they increased Mother and Child Health Care centre activities by feeding the malnourished children and screening children under five, Ante and post Natal in Bardere. The MCH reduced birth complication risks for the pregnant women. In 2007
HIRDA distributed 18000 mosquito nets in order to reduce malaria
Constructed new clinic in Abud-wak funded by SRF and helped the Abud-wak community get clean water.
30000 of Abud-wak inhabitant and millions of livestock have benefited from the water project in Abud-wak which was funded by the community and SRF
HIRDA dug 14 shallow wells in Garaád and surrounding villages during Tsunami disaster funded by IDRF. Millions of livestock and inhabitants of 9 fishing villages have benefited the project.
Women Empowerment Sector
HIRDA has established women empowerment centres in Bardere and Abudwaq. The centre is a meeting point of women groups and facilitates issues to enhance women participation in social issues and decision-making process. The centre provides women literacy courses, micro credit for women business and FGM awareness program. 150 women have participated events held in the centre while 52 women were granted a loan to boost their income. HIRDA trained 10 most prominent women circumcisers as Traditional Birth Attendants. They are working in the MCH as TBAs helping women deliver safely.
Emergency Relief Sector
To alleviate poverty through small-scale food production, HIRDA with the help of OXFAM NOVIB established the HIRDA Farm project. The farm benefited 5 permanent staff members directly and at least 200 casual labourers from internal displaced people while 60 farming families received input supply.
During the drought and flood emergency 2005-2006, HIRDA implemented relief projects in Bardere and the surrounding villages whose beneficiaries were 20.000 people. In 2007 during the fire outbreak in Bardere, HIRDA
Hirda is working successfully on providing basic social services on Gedo region in order to fill the gap left by the government. After long and intensive awareness campaigns of ownership and community empowerment, Hirda succeeded to convince the local community to take over the schools and to cover the teachers salaries. By establishing Community Education Committees (CEC) that are responsible for managing the schools, this created an sense of ownership by the community. By empowering women and increased enrolment of girls (enhanced social capital), women are more involved in decision making on community level and towards local authority. The position of women within the Somali society is improved. There is more respect for women than 15 years ago. This has positive impact on the enrolment of girls. Families are more willing in sending their girls to school and paying for the school fees. Years ago education was free. Since 2007 Hirda introduced a school fee system, in order to sustain the school. Since many people experienced the benefits of education and sending their children to school, they were also more willing to contribute to it financially. By involving the community intensively with Hirda's activities, people are more willing to listen to Hirda's messages. There is more 'space' for discussion on sensitive issues like FGM and HIV/AIDS, which creates better opportunities for Hirda to break the silence and change the mentality of the community in these topics. The range of interventions being undertaken by Hirda Somalia will lead to a strengthened civil society both at individual and organisational level. The capacity building activities of the organisation, building individual skills via education and trainings is an important aspect to increase awereness and participation of the community. Hirda introduced a new approach within their education system, which is a more civic approach. Within the curriculum more attention is put to social life of the children. More discussions will take place on peace issues through performing schools plays etc. This new civic approach is being adopted by all primary schools in the region.
To create child friendly learning environment by increasing classroom dimensions to standard classroom size to reduce over crowding which are taking their toll on student health through building new classrooms, providing new school furniture, rehabilitating of schools and providing school education tents.
To Increase educational opportunities for children of school age in Bardere and Abudwaq and reduce gender parity by matching both genders through Sponsoring orphans and poor children in Bardere district and awareness rising to increase girls’ enrolment.
Enhance the quality of the education through teacher’s capacity building through Teacher training courses.
Engaging community to the educational activities and participating education umbrella networks.
Strengthening the role of the parent, community education committee (CECs) and teacher committees in the schools, and to promote peace and stability in the region.
To empower the women in Bardera and make them financially independent by strengthening women’s social and political position in the community through credit Loans, training financial literacy, creating job opportunity for women and maintain the activities of the women empowerment centres.
Decrease women’s illiteracy rate in Bardere through literacy courses.
Continue the campaign of eradicating the practice of FGM and raise awareness of the HIV/AIDS epidemic through alternative profession for women circumcisers, recruiting key persons in the community who will became ambassadors and awareness raising toward those issues.
HIRDA Education Program:
Sponsoring 700 orphans and poor children in Bardere district to get access to education
Awareness raising to increase girls enrolment of the schools
Teacher capacity building for 210 teachers in Bardere, Abud-wak and Kismayo
Strengthening the role of the parent and (CECs) and teacher committees in the HIRDA schools
Women empowerment:
Literacy training to business women
Support and maintain the activities of the women empowerment centres
Provide literacy and health courses
Organise meeting, conferences, workshops and dialogs
For the coming 3 years:
basic formal education
- 60000 indirect beneficiaries (bardere primary school)
- 50000 indirect beneficiaries (teacher training course)
- 20000 indirect beneficiaries (education for all)
women empowerment
- 25000 indirect beneficiaries (women empowerment centre)
- 12000 indirect beneficiaries (women literacy courses)
- 5000 indirect beneficiaries (women financial literacy courses)
- 20000 indirect beneficiaries (handcraft and microcredit)
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