a)   Post-Earthquake Assistance - Education
b)   Post-Earthquake Assistance - Health
c)   Post-Earthquake Assistance - Water & Sanitation


Rustaq School Construction & Education Project:

Starting date:             07 May 2001
Implemented by:        Terre des hommes (Tdh)

Staff :

Terre des hommes (Tdh) is at the moment the only NGO active in northern Afghanistan, providing support to schools beyond primary education. Emphasis has moved away from constructing a large number of school buildings to supporting teachers (training, salaries) and supplying teaching materials in collaboration with UNICEF. Recognizing that the likelihood of free state-supported education in near future is very slim, Terre des hommes (Tdh) mobilized community support for education.

 Terre des hommes’ (Tdh) education project includes construction of four village schools (in Khuja-Khirab, Ghange, Dashtak and Sari Ghar). Stationary, teaching aids, teacher training and providing salaries for 127 teachers (107 male teachers and 20 female teachers) of 11 schools (5 rural primary school, one girls primary, middle and high school and one boys primary, middle and high school, both in Rustaq), is part of the program. The number of children going to Tdh’ supported schools (grade 1 to grade 12) is growing. In 2002 the number of pupils in schools supported by Terre des hommes (Tdh) has increased by 260 %: the number of girls going to school increased from 752 to 2.084 and the number of boys from 1.262 to 3.164. The ratio of girls going to schools is now given with 39,71 % - a very positive result of Terre des hommes’ gender-sensitive education policy in Rustaq. School materials to all pupils are regularly provided – fulfilling UNICEF standard requirements in education. At least 67% of the teachers received teacher training, based on modern “basic competency learning” systems as implemented by UNICEF.

School buildings will be handed over to the respective communities in order to promote responsibility and project ownership. The communities will be assisted to promote the set up of school committees in order to manage their educational requirements for further sustainability.

A Terre des hommes (Tdh)  school inspector will closely communicate with the parents & teachers, and local authorities like mullahs of the 15 villages in order to create more awareness regarding girls’ education and to monitor further progress.