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parent–teacher associations to ensure that 40–60 per
of pupils are girls. In addition, these schools are scent Catholic Relief Services: Its Education Support
(Programme de Soutien à l’Éducation - ESP)
pro-
with separate toilet facilities for boys and girls.
sfor at raising the rate of school enrolment, encourage
attendance (particularly by girls), reducing drop-
asvided
aProgramme aaims rate, raising the level of success in primary education,
sensitive parents to their role in ensuring the educa-
of their children).
Faschool Fout
Fand Ftion In 2001, the organization intervened in the following
aareas:
School feeding. To encourage school attendance
and to improve performance of both boys and
girls. Working in collaboration with the Ministry
of Basic Education and Literacy (MEBA), the organization
distributed 16,000 tonnes of foodstuff to
400,000 children in 2,344 primary schools.
School health and nutrition. The distribution
of micro-nutrients, basic medicines to primary
school children, and the promotion of heath/
nutrition education, and the supply of medicine
kits to schools.
School infrastructure. Mobilizing local communities
through a ‘food for work’ arrangement. Twenty
primary schools were thus constructed in 2001.
‘Take Away’ Ration. At the end of every month,
Girls who attain 90 per cent school attendance
are given 10 kg of wheat flour, intended to help
the family in periods of food scarcity and to
raise self-confidence in girls as being useful to
the family. 4,000 girls, drawn from 135 schools,
benefited from this bonus in 2001.