Using Technology to Enhance the Re-introduction of Education amongst the Most Vulnerable Girls in Zimbabwe

A $50,000 grant from 60 million girls will provide accelerated learning, school fees, uniforms and psycho-social support to 110 primary and 100 secondary school girls, and send 120 vulnerable girls to the annual community camps for psycho-social, sexual and reproductive rights and career counselling. In efforts to meet the needs of children whose education is threatened, the addition of the Mobile Learning Lab (MLL) is an important component of the project. The possible benefits of offline resources and technology are many. It will mean that children who are re-entering school will do so with the valuable skill of knowing how to use technology. In addition, children already in school and in need of extra tutoring and support could access the MLL privately, and those temporarily forced to leave school could continue to study, communicate and learn. The girls targeted in this project are girls living with HIV, girls living with a disability, girls living with a chronically ill caregiver, girls living in grandmother-headed households, the daughters of female sex workers, and girls living on the street. Mavambo will also target adolescent girls and young women by offering access to part-time or continuing education, through the Mobile Learning Lab. Boys will also benefit from the grant through access to the Mobile Learning Lab, which would be, in part, a public learning service available to all children.