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PROJECTS |
Our objective is to facilitate schooling for as many girls and orphans possible from our province. This project is the oldest and started in the school year 1999 - 2000. |
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A lot of parents in Burkina Faso do not have enough money to pay for the school material and the school uniform. Usually there are only enough means to send one child to school which as a rule is the eldest son. Due to the difficult living conditions most children are forced to quite school because their parents cannot pay for the school material. |
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With the help of sponsorships, NEEED tries to compensate these shortcomings by carrying the costs for the school uniform and the school material. Every girl and orphan taking part in our education programme receives their school uniform and the school material for free. This removes the first fundamental obstacle that blocks the paths for parents to send their children to school. |
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During the time span of 1999 - 2005 NEEED has been able to give more than 800 girls the chance to go to school by the means of sponsorships and other aid. But still there are many girls awaiting support. |
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This can be explained by the fact that girls and orphans are most at a disadvantage. As we have already mentioned there is not enough money to send all children of a family to school so that only one child has the privilege which most often is the eldest son. NEEED tries to balance out this disadvantage by calculated developmental funds. The enrolment rate for girls amounts to only 14.51% whereas the boys 42.26% of the boys are enrolled in school. This shows the strong discrepancy and that specific measures to bring about a change must be taken. More than 85% of all girls have yet not had the chance to go to school. |
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The financial means for the expenses of school material are provided by the godparents and partners of this project in: Every godparent sponsors the primary education of one child over a time span of six years.
The yearly costs of a sponsorship are € 73 or $ 94. |