Rustaq High School For Girls Project:

Starting date:             14. June 2002
Completion:               01. February 2003
Implemented by:        Terre des hommes (Tdh)

Staff:

Terre des hommes (Tdh) will provide better education opportunities beyond primary education, especially for girls but also for boys, and thus offering children of the whole district to move through the primary system to secondary education – by constructing a high school for girls, rehabilitating the existing high school for boys in Rustaq which has been not maintained for the past 23 years of conflict. In addition sanitation facilities have to be constructed in order to improve hygiene and hygiene education. In addition several village primary schools will be rehabilitated in order to improve the access to education for smaller children, especially girls.

Village committees are already existing with the promotional support of Terre des hommes (Tdh). Village committees have active roles to play not only in the enjoyment of their meetings, but also in helping to determine how education of children and access to education can be better promoted.  It thus encourages appropriate participation of parents in making decisions on matters that concern them.  The challenge is then to determine what constitutes the "best-interests" in a particular socio-cultural context.

Terre des hommes (Tdh) has promoted the formation of community based organizations CBOs (only male members) in all 15 project villages, composed of mullahs, village commanders and ordinary members plus Tdh’ community health workers to take part in  better health education and affairs related to village schools.  It is envisaged to promote female communities through Terre des hommes’ female staff to be responsible for girls’ education. The CBOs require training and awareness building including the promotion of networking.

Co-funded by terre des hommes Germany and the German Ministry of Economic Cooperation (BMZ)