Maputo, 3 May (AIM) – The Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation (Norad), through the international NGO Save the Children, has disbursed 15 million dollars in the central Mozambican province of Manica in a project named “Leaving No Child Behind.”
The amount was made available over the last five years to promote education (especially reading, writing and mathematics) in four districts of Manica.
According to the Programme Manager of Save the Children in Manica, Ana Dulce Guizado, the project is in its last year of implementation “and it has contributed to boost education in elementary schools.”
At the moment, says Guizado, it benefits 102,000 children (including 49,000 girls) and 115 elementary schools in the districts of Macossa, Manica, Machaze and Tambara.
“In these schools, there are 158 reading camps with about 356 promoters. Among other activities, the project produces didactic material which is used to teach the children in the community”, she said, adding that the reading and writing activities happen in informal places.
“Our targets are pupils of the first cycle (grades 1, 2 and 3), where the promoters identify the problems faced by the pupils”, Guizado explained.
(AIM)
Ad/pf (198)