Many schools do not have bathrooms nor latrines. The implications are poor hygene conditions and high risk of infections and poor health.
We believed IPI COOP had to help the school to offer appropriate infrastructures to tackle this problem.
In a large proportion of public schools in Ethiopia there is no access to running water. The implications of not having water access are lack of hygene and high risk of dehidration and health problems.
In the XXI century, health access, understood as a fundamental right for all children in the world, unfortunately still remains a utopia. Following our philosophy of collaboration with public schools in Ethiopia, IPI COOP has enabled a new medical clinic that provides coverage for all students at the Adengur center.
Many orphaned children and adolescents live in precarious situation often exploited by neighbors or relatives with high risk of sexual exploitation, which is unacceptable and may prevent them to go to school and grow in a childhood friendly environment as they deserve.
Professional training courses is a way to empower women to have their own income.
It is a comprehensive project that includes training in fashion design and pattern, and delivery of a sewing machine to those who have completed the first phase.
The center is concerned with the significant number of students with early abandonment (5.8% of the total), many of them with a brilliant academic curriculum.
The reasons for these withdrawals are so evident as regrettable. Mostly are students from extremely limited resources families.
The fact of not having electricity in a school facility has a huge impact on the general functioning of the school as well as on the teaching capacities of the professors and and learning possibilities of the students.
In a large proportion of public schools in Ethiopia there is no access to running water. The implications of not having water access are lack of hygene and high risk of dehidration and health problems.
The project includes the renovation of the space that has enabled the school as kindergarten: painting walls, windows, door, installation of synthetic soil, restoration of desks and provision of educational materials.