Quality Education for Migrant Children of Colombia

Summary

This project recovers the right to quality education to 1300 Colombian children who have been displaced by the armed conflict and kept out of the formal system due to drug-related warfare progress report read updates from the field

Received £1,036 from 83 donations from people around the world like:

The Velez Gutierrez Family Trust

(Anon.)

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Project Needs and Beneficiaries

1300 low income, migrant children affected by Colombia’s armed conflict that must be included into the educational system to recover their right to education. We aim to expand to other areas with high reception rates of displaced population and attend children in an affective, personalized way, preparing them with cooperative, participatory strategies of Escuela Nueva for their formal entry to school; engage community as part of the solution to reduce the risk of being forced into illegal groups

Activities

Organization of Learning Circles to provide complementary support in basic learning/social skills; production & provision of EN learning guides with cross-curricular content; training of youth community leaders as tutors with strategies to adapt EN

Funding Information

This project has been retired and is no longer accepting donations.

Additional Documentation

This project has provided additional documentation in a Microsoft Word file (projdoc.doc).

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Why this Project is Important

Potential Long Term Impact

The project educates 1300 vulnerable children (ages 7-15) increasing socialization among them & improving academic performance. Community adoption and support of the project diminishes the number of children being drawn to join illegal armed groups

Project Message

The environment of the Escuela Nueva Learning Circles allow me to dialogue more with my peers& solve conflicts without using force. I also understand and learn more and feel more safe and secure
- Jenny Rubiano, Student from an EN Learning Circle in Soacha

Who is Running This Project

Contact

Vicky Colbert de Arboleda,
Executive Director Escuela Nueva Foundation
Calle 39 No. 21-57. Apt. 302
Bogota, D.C., Cundinamarca
Colombia
571 2452712
Email:

Project Sponsor

Ashoka Innovators for the Public (nominal)

Organisation

Fundación Escuela Nueva Volvamos a la Gente
Calle 39 No. 21-57
Bogota, Bogota DC 0
Colombia
571 2452712
http://www.escuelanueva.org

Learn more about Fundación Escuela Nueva Volvamos a la Gente and the project team.

Where this Project is Located

Country

This project is located in Colombia and can also be found under Education.

For more information about Colombia, read the Human Development Report on Colombia or the Wikipedia entry for Colombia.

When this Project was Updated

Last Updated

This project was last updated on July 23, 2010.

Date Added to GlobalGiving

This project was added to the GlobalGiving project catalog on July 20, 2004.

Latest Update from the Field

Field update December 2007

By Vicky Colbert de Arboleda - Project leader, December 19, 2007 10:08 PM

“In only 6 months of operation, the Escuela Nueva Learning Circles Program for migrant, internally displaced children, has numerous achievements: a 100% enrollment, an 18.5% increase in children’s self esteem, and the highest level of improvement in both language and math, placing children of the learning circles 13.9 and 17.3 points, respectively, above the national average.”*

*Results of the application of UNESCO test. 2004/2005

Please click the full report below to read more about the Escuela Nueva program and activities in 2007!

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Field update December 2007 (PDF)

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