Education is the cornerstone of empowerment. Our pre- and primary school in Mahani Zone provides marginalized children with access to quality education, fostering hope and opportunity.

Key Features:

  • Enrolls 600 conflict-affected children annually.
  • Prioritizes orphans, children with disabilities, and those living in poverty.
  • Maintains a 95% retention rate and a 98% transition rate to higher educational levels.

Impact:

  • Children access safe, inclusive learning environments.
  • Graduates pursue higher education and career aspirations.
  • Education contributes to breaking the cycle of poverty and dependence.

ELINDE PRIMARY SCHOOL

ELINDE has a unique operating model of education for 4-13 aged vulnerable and marginalized female child/youth and other conflict-affected children addressing their needs to serve one of the most vulnerable populations in the refugee communities. We set up a primary school serving a total of 521 children to date on which 475 are refugees and 46 nationals (host community). We are dismantling class attendance barriers by creating as many classrooms and dormitories on campus, attended to by experienced teachers and care takers respectively, to enhance learning.

We provide break first and lunch from the school to keep the children from absenteeism in search for food and providing on-campus accommodation for orphaned, unaccompanied minors and children from farther communities within the refugee settlement.

PRIMARY SCHOOL PROGRAMS

COMMUNITY-OWNED SCHOOL.

The school is community-owned, founded and led by refugees for the refugees. The school listens to the opinions from the community that sends their children to the school, through different platforms include PTA committee, Management committee, Complaints and feedback mechanisms (suggestion box, community meetings) and through parents meetings.

SCHOLARSHIP OPPORTUNITIES

We actively look for scholarships for orphans’ children and children from poor families who struggle to raise the PTA fees and scholastic materials for their study.

AMBITIOUS GIRLS.

This community were registering a high rate of dropouts among females so we introduced this program to the girls aged 10 years and above. Early marriage, gender-based violence in homes, lack of scholastic and sanitary materials at school that enticed the girls to take personal decisions to drop-out from school.

We held peer-to-peer talks, provided scholastic and sanitary materials, guidance and counselling through, counseling session by senior woman, workshops programs where empowered senior women teachers to nurture girls and help them to transition from primary to secondary school.

An estimate of 152 girls from our primary school benefited from the Ambitious Girls program in 2023. These girls, aside from reducing the rate of dropouts from school:

  • Valued and focused more on education than marriage
  • Reduced the rate of absenteeism in school
  • Developed self-confidence, awareness and high self-esteem
  • Transitioned from primary to secondary school.

Extra co-curricular activities

Our children participate in a wide variety of co-curricular activities where they also compete with other schools around the settlements. The activities include debating, netball, football and volleyball.

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