School Goals

GOALS FOR 2011-2012 SCHOOL YEAR

Group of friends at Ain Siro School

Group of friends at Ain Siro School

EXPANDED SERVICES

Currently DPDO is focused on providing the most basic needs to sponsored schools. However, there is great need for additional resources at each school.

In 2010, DPDO distributed UNICEF-donated school supplies to 37 schools throughout North Darfur. These supplies include notebooks, pencils, blackboards, and teacher kits. DPDO will apply for  these supplies again in mid-2011. Distribution to schools will take place in June.

Additional Goals for 2011 and Beyond

Complete First Aid Kits for each school (with re-supply as needed);

Student Supplies Kits: art materials, paper, rulers, notebooks; currently only minimal materials are provided. DPDO is negotiating with UNICEF to provide additional kits.

Breakfast Feeding Program: Schools do not provide food for students although their rations at home are often not sufficient to extend through the week. DPDO is negotiating to collaborate with the World Food Program (WFP) to provide staple grains for student breakfasts.

Sports Equipment: Physical activity is both a way to relieve stress and to develop group identity. A sports program including soccer and volleyball would require uniforms, shoes, balls, and nets.

4-Wheel-Drive Vehicle to transport staff, equipment and supplies

Other projected new services

  • Classroom furniture –teacher desks and benches for students;
  • Breakfast feeding program; introduction of a machine that makes kisra, a thin bread, in large quantities;
  • Rehabilitation or reconstruction of school offices, classrooms and latrines;
  • Provision of uniforms or cloth to make uniforms for students;
  • A mobile clinic program

Financial support for each of these expanded services is required for a period of 2-3 years.