Project Sekoly, Madagascar
Noble Caledonia has been supporting SEED Madagascar’s Project Sekoly since early 2020. The Project Sekoly programme is a holistic education infrastructure programme that builds, refurbishes and improves schools for children in rural Madagascar.
Kids at Andramanaka School (SEED School completed prior to Emagnevy beginning)
Context: In Madagascar, only 1 in 3 children complete primary school; over half of children have never been to school. This is due to a combination of factors, predominantly it’s lack of space or safe classrooms, but it’s also due to poor hygiene conditions which result in regular illnesses causing children to miss school, and in particular for girls to drop out of school when they begin to menstruate. Household education levels are shown to be linked to poverty rates, therefore education is crucial to allowing vulnerable children and the wider communities to escape the cycle of poverty.
Noble Caledonia is currently raising funds to support an upcoming school project, which encompasses two school sites at Beandry and Mahatalaky.
Emagnevy School finished
The Beandry School site currently has just two classrooms for 217 students aged 6-14, due to the overcrowding many students have dropped out; the hygiene facilities are also unsuitable with latrines in poor condition and prevalent illness. At the Mahatalaky School site, there are also just two small buildings for 93 students aged 16-26. Both buildings have collapsing ceilings and exposed wiring, causing a danger to students and teachers. It is uncommon for students to reach this age and still be in education so it’s incredibly important for this small percentage to be able to complete higher education in order to gain better jobs and break the poverty cycle. Similarly to the Beandry site, the hygiene facilities are also in disrepair.
Classroom and latrine block at Sarisambo before the project started
This project will:
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- Build a new school building with classrooms at both sites;
- Provide benches, desks and blackboards for all classrooms;
- Install a 10,000L rainwater harvesting system for drinking water and handwashing at both sites;
- Build 5 new latrines across both sites complete with dedicated menstrual hygiene cubicles;
- Build teacher housing to reduce staff absenteeism;
- Establish tree-planting areas to offset the building emissions and provide a food and fuel resource for the local community.
Previous School Projects we have supported include:
Ranamofana High School, Emagnevy Primary School, Mandiso Lower Secondary School and Sarisambo Primary and Lower Secondary Schools. Cumulatively, together we have supported:
- Refurbishment of 4 school buildings
- Building of 12 new classrooms
- Enabling 1,326 safe classroom places
- Building of 25 latrines
- Buildings of 5 menstrual hygiene cubicles
- Building of 4 handwashing stations
- Building of 6 teacher’s accommodations
- Installed 6 rainwater harvesting systems for drinking and handwashing water
- Enabled the plantation of 3 community forest and offset sites
Students at Mandiso helping to plant the site trees
Emganevy Primary School Teachers
Kids outside Emagnevy Primary School
Kids outside Emagnevy Primary School
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