Project Name: Equitable Access to Quality and Transformational Education in West Nile (EQUATE)
Project Donor: European Union, Project Period: 2022-2024
Project location: Imvepi Refugee Settlement, Teregi District
Project Target group: 61,587 (30,793
boys and 30,794 girls) conflict affected children in AEPs primary and secondary
schools in Rhino Camp, Imvepi and Palabek refugee settlements in the West Nile
Sub-Region of Uganda
Project Summary:
The program Action aims at increasing access to equitable
and inclusive quality education for 61,587 (30,793 boys and 30,794 girls)
conflict affected children in Accelerated Education Programme (AEP), primary
and secondary schools in Rhino Camp, Imvepi and Palabek refugee settlements in
the West Nile Sub-Region of Uganda. It is implemented by a consortium led by
World Vision (WV) together with Windle international Uganda (WIU), RICE West
Nile and Community Empowerment for Rural Development (CEFORD). The Action is
addressing the barriers that prevent the most vulnerable out of school children
from enrolling to formal and non-formal education programmes and support
interventions that increases retention for older children, primary, secondary
and AEPs as well as those that support transition of children from AEPs to
formal schools (Result 1). It also employs a multidisciplinary and integrated
approach to address child protection (CP) concerns identified under the needs
assessments through prevention and response mechanisms at school level. (Result
2) Furthermore, the Action is strengthening systems through enabling the
functionality of school management structures and empowering communities to
advocate and hold the government accountable for improved service delivery in
schools. (Result 3). A Crisis Modifier also be activated under result 4 to
address educational needs whenever there is a new emergency in West Nile.