The Mobile School is an initiative that aims to provide free complementary education to 500+ migrant children who have moved from rural areas to peri-urban neighborhoods of Sucre and live in vulnerable conditions and at risk of child labor. This project goes beyond reinforcing traditional curriculum learning: it offers psychological support, strengthens self-esteem and skills, promotes social integration, and combats high risks faced by these children: educational backwardness and child labor.
In the peri-urban areas of Sucre city, children face high levels of multidimensional poverty, resulting in unequal access to educational, recreational, and psychosocial support services. Hailing from families migrating from rural areas to the city, economic hardship forces many children into child labor on local streets, which turns into high levels of school dropout and educational backwardness, where 1 out of 3 children reports 1-3 grade repetitions. This problem perpetuates cycles of poverty.
The Mobile School is an itinerant educational proposal that visits Sucre's peri-urban neighborhoods (Lajastambo and Alegria)to provide pedagogical, psychological, and recreational support to vulnerable children. Using playful methodologies and participatory educational materials, the Mobile School offers safe spaces for learning and emotional containment, promotes school retention, strengthens socio-emotional and artistic skills, and prevents educational backwardness and exposure to child labor.
The Mobile School's long-term goal is to reduce school dropout, educational backwardness, and child labor in Sucre's peri-urban areas. Furthermore, it will raise awareness among families and communities about the importance of education as a tool for social transformation, fostering protective and inclusive environments that break the cycle of poverty. We also aim to amplify the Mobile School to more peri-urban areas of Sucre and reach more children facing similar challenges.
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