CAMFED national director, Lydia Wilbard
Dar es Salaam — At
ĺest 9,877 marginalized secondary school girls will this year benefit
from Sh2 billion learning material assistance from Campaign for Female
Education (CAMFED) that will
enable them access education.
CAMFED national
director, Lydia Wilbard made the announcement in Dar es Salaam today
January 27, during a function to celebrate the International Day of
Education which was globally celebrated on January 23rd.
Wilbard said the
organization has set aside over Sh2 billion to ensure girls from low
income families get all the required school needs including uniforms.
She added that
although the government is implements the free education policy some
parents cannot afford to purchase all the learning materials including
uniforms.
"As we celebrate
the International Day of Education we are happy to extend our support to
more than 9,800 girls at 471 secondary schools in 32 districts
countywide", said Wlibard noting the organization is currently
partnering with more than 800 primary and secondary schools in Tanzania.
WIlbrad noted that
CAMFED has signed Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Ministry of
Education Science and Technology and Ministry of State in the
President's Office, Regional Administration and Local Government to
create an enabling environment which allows the organization to
implement its programs in government schools and scale approaches that
improve the quality of education including children's learning
environment and prospects.
Some school
learning infrastructures that CAMFED improve include construction of
classrooms, pit latrines, laboratories, dormitories, water wells,
libraries and teachers' houses.
"The abolition of
secondary school fees in 2015 removed a significant cost barrier to
access, but vulnerable children still face challenges of attending and
staying in school," said Ms Wilbard.
She said CAMFED has
developed the Learner Guide Program whereas over the past five years
the CAMFED alumni association (CAMA) has more than 23,000 members.
She said CAMA
members apart from providing life skills education to girls they are
also the girl's role models and mentors as they help them progress to a
secure adulthood.
Through CAMA
outreach services, over 5,500 vulnerable children have been able to
return to education as well as reduced school dropout. She said those
who failed their Form Two examinations have been assisted to re-sit
exams or enroll into alternative pathways such as vocational education
so as to secure employment.
CAMFED was launched
in Tanzania in 2005, working with the government to boost secondary
school enrolment. It started working in Iringa region before spreading
to eight other regions across the country. It works with 819 partner
schools in 32 districts.
It has also supported more than 3.3 million children to go to school in Tanzania, Zimbabwe, Zambia, Ghana and Malawi.
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