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CHADET’s work on education focuses on promoting Early Childhood Care and Education (ECCE) and the provision of support for children at primary and secondary level of education with a focus on girls’ education.

 ECCE

Even though significant success has been achieved by the government of Ethiopia in all areas of education, especially in the enrolment of children at primary level of education, highly vulnerable children still have difficulties to access Early Childhood Care and Education (ECCE). In the urban centers where there are privately owned ECCEs, most families from the lower income bracket are not able to afford the high amount of fees required for enrollment. Hence many children are staying at home or attend informal literacy and numeracy sessions operated by individuals in their neighborhoods who are willing to assist such children.

Under its ECCE program, CHADET has been able to set-up and furnishing of ECCE centers where thousands of vulnerable children who have limited or no access to ECCE, especially for children from low-income households, are enrolled. It trains facilitators and provided scholastic materials for vulnerable children. Over 2,000 children have accessed the services and were able to transit to primary, secondary and college level of education over the past few years.


Girls’ Education

The support that is being provided by CHADET to primary and secondary level students has an objective of retaining children in school and to help them thrive to successfully transit to the next level of education. This program particularly focuses on girl’s education and attempted to achieving three outcomes: improved learning outcome, transition, and sustainability. It also has five pillars of intervention namely the creation of safe and conducive environment for learning, meeting transition costs, improving teacher quality, challenging harmful social norms. Key issues that were identified to be challenges to girls’ education include the low value attached to girls’ education by families and communities, inability of parents to meet additional education-related costs (books, food and uniforms) and unfriendly, unsafe, un-stimulating and poorly-resourced school environments where boys dominate.

The girls’ education project, that was funded by the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO), formerly known as Department for International Development (DFID), provided support for girls’ enrolment and regular attendance in school through providing scholastic material, academic support; the development of inclusive and gender-responsive learning environments, encouraging changes among parents and communities (men and boys in particular) to develop supportive knowledge and behaviours towards girls’ education; the development of stable livelihoods for families experiencing extreme poverty and engaging local governments and stakeholders in promotion of education for marginalised girls. This was complemented by regular monitoring, evaluation and learning drawn from the project through undertaking research. The key achievements and impact of the project could be viewed in the project-end evaluation and impact report. https://www.childfund.org/

About CHADET

CHADET is a charitable organisation registered in Ethiopia (Reg. no. 0234) that works for the protection and welfare of children found under difficult circumstances.

 

CHADET’s Motto

 

Striving to build Children’s future!

 

25 years of service for vulnerable children and young people!