Programme Sekoly: Fanaka (The bench building project), aims to tackle a serious barrier to development: access to quality education. To achieve this goal, SEED will construct 510 classroom benches to be distributed across 15 schools in the town of Fort Dauphin, as well as provide repairs to their existing broken classroom furniture. This will provide comfortable learning environment for more than 10,000 students. SEED will also offset the carbon footprint of the project through planting trees.
It has been well established that household education levels are linked to rates of poverty. In Madagascar, only 35% of children complete a primary level of education, and in the country's southeast Anosy region half of 6-10-year old's have never attended school. SEED has conducted needs assessments at 15 schools in the town of Fort Dauphin, and here students often study on the floor or share two-person benches between three or four students.
SEED seeks to conduct a three-month student desk-bench construction project at 15 local schools, thereby enabling over 10,000 students to gain an education in a comfortable and dignified environment that is conducive for learning.
By supplying and repairing desk-benches, SEED aims to expand the school's available classroom seating for more than 10,000 students. This will allow students to sit comfortably, and maintain focus, and enable more students to enroll in and successfully complete school. Just $25 could provide a seat for a student! Donate now and help transform a child's future.
This project has provided additional documentation in a PDF file (projdoc.pdf).
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