Portfolio International Newsletter 06/2015

AEA brings children back to school in Nepal.

Aide et Action Nepal team, along with volunteers, after assessing the impact of Earthquake disaster,

supported 15 schools to run temporary schools in three Village Development Committees of Lamjung

district including Ilimpokhari, Bichaur and Dudhpokhari that were destroyed by the Earthquake.

This activity is in the framework of the project titled “Rebuilding For Change” – an immediate response

of Aide et Action International and Aide et Action South Asia to help the children in the earthquake areas

to get rid of psychological trauma and to continue their schooling.

These schools were provided infographic sheets, white boards, markers, teacher training and playing

materials which resulted in children coming back to schools.

This support is particularly instrumental to heal the psychological trauma of children with regular

schooling by managing the temporary classes. The District Education Office and District Response

Committee coordinated during the supporting procedure.

Immediately after the disaster, AEA Nepal offered tents, blankets, food and medicine to the people of

The Bichaur Village Development Committee of Lamjung district, which is located near the epicentre

and severely affected areas.

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Les enfants reprennent leur scolarité au Nepal.

On June 30, 2015 marked the launching of a new project in the central west of Burkina Faso. The

project “Learn To Change” will be implemented in Sissili and Ziro provinces for a three-year period

(2015-2018).

Its global objective is to contribute to help empower 150 women coming from five groups of producing

shea butter. To do it, several activities are planned such as the construction and equipment of the literacy

centres, training for the facilitators and supervisors, women’s literacy, training/capacity-buiding of

women for their empowerment, equipment for bee keeping, etc.

For further information, contact:

Rosine TRAORE, Responsible for Education Mission

rosine.traore@aide-et-action.org

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Launching a new project titled «Learn To Change»

Women are producing shea butter.

Planning workshop

Les enfants reprennent leur scolarité au Nepal.

AEA Cambodia won the Cambodia ICT Award (Category: Corporate Social Responsibility) for the

Khmer Library. This is a prestigious award dedicated to the best ICT achievement, a benchmark for

success in terms of innovation and creativity and offering business and funding opportunities.

The Khmer Library further cultivates a culture of reading in the country through the integration of new

technologies. To understand our project in five minutes, watch the clip below.

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AEA Cambodia won the Cambodia ICT Award

with its Khmer Library

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A transformative vision for education over the next 15 years was adopted at the World Education Forum,

which concluded on the 21st of May 2015 in Incheon, Republic of Korea.

In the picture we can see the delegation of AeA in the company of the Nobel Peace Prize Winner, M Kailash

Satyarthi.

The Incheon Declaration was welcomed by the global education community, including government ministers

from more than 100 countries, non-governmental organizations and youth groups. It encouraged countries to

provide inclusive, equitable, quality education and life-long learning opportunities for all. The Declaration

will underpinned education targets and the Sustainable Development Goals that will be ratified at the United

Nations in September.

"This Declaration is a huge step forward,” stated the Director-General of UNESCO, Mrs. Irina Bokova. “It

reflects our determination to ensure that all children and young people gain the knowledge and skills they

need to live in dignity, to reach their potential and contribute to their societies as responsible global citizens. It

encourages governments to provide learning opportunities through life, so that people can continue to grow

and develop. It affirms that education is the key to global peace and sustainable development.”

The Incheon Declaration builds on the global Education for All (EFA) movement that was initiated in

Jomtien, Thailand in 1990 and reiterated in Dakar, Senegal in 2000. EFA – and the Millennium Development

Goal on Education – resulted in significant progress, but many of its targets, including universal access to

primary education, remain unfulfilled. Currently, 58 million children remain out of school – most of them

girls. In addition 250 million children are not learning basic skills, even though half of them have spent at

least four years in school.

The Incheon Declaration must finish the ambitious EFA and MDG agendas. “If this generation of children is

to someday reduce the inequalities and injustices that afflict the world today, we must give all our children a

fair chance to learn. This must be our collective vision and commitment,” said UNICEF Executive Director,

Anthony Lake.

The Incheon Declaration will be implemented through the Education 2030 Framework for Action, a roadmap

for governments to be adopted by the end of the year. It will provide guidance on effective legal and policy

frameworks for education, based on the principles of accountability, transparency and participatory

governance.

Effective implementation will require strong regional coordination and rigorous monitoring and evaluation of

the education agenda. It will also require more funding, especially for the countries furthest from providing

inclusive, quality education. The Declaration and Framework will urge countries to set nationally appropriate

spending targets and increase Official Development Assistance to low income countries.

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The Declaration on the Future of Education - WEF-

Incheon-21 May

In the reforestation day, the project teams had planted 2500 Cedar trees, 1500 cherry trees, and 14000 pine

trees. These trees were planted in the necessity to replenish the forest and ensure that the species adapt to their

soil and climate conditions so they can help reduce pollution levels.

The reforestation project had been supported by the bureau of the Ministry of Environment of Comendador, to

initiate the National Plan of Quisqueya Verde 2, which is part of the Ministry of the Environment and Natural

Resources, Municipal Council of Guayabo, Committee of Guayabo for the Water and Collaboration, members

of the Argicultural Council of Elias Pina, and the communities of Pinzon, Isidro Martinez, La Meseta, Le

Corocitos andLa Laguna.

During the reforestation day, the results were as follows:

• Planted 18000 trees

• Reforested 161.338 m2 in the community of La Laguna

• Participation of six (6) governmental and community organizations and associations of the province of Elías

Pina, Dominican Republic

• Participation of the communities of Pinzón, Isidro Martinez, La Meseta Los Corocitos and La Laguna.

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The Community Youths supported several reforestation and tree planting days.

More than 80 people attended the learning day organized for the third year by Aide et Action, the House of

Education of Val d’Oise and its local partners. (National Education/ Canopé 95, Gfen, School and Family,

Afavo, Aide et Action, League of Education 95, FCPE 95).

This session was organized as following:

- A plenary session took place in the morning followed by a workshop focused on the “Schooling climate”,

hosted by the National Commission of public debate.

- Three other workshops took place in the afternoon which helped to highlight the questions and answers from

the skills exchanges of experienced and professional participants.

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«Schooling climate: all concerned! Question our perception, our practices, our collaboration»