My Education, My Future (MEMF)
- P Project/Program
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Key Information
Right To Play is announcing the launch of the My Education, My Future (MEMF), a new program that will improve access to education for girls and children with disabilities who have become refugees due to ethnic violence in Burundi.
Working in partnership with the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC), MEMF will improve access to and the quality of education for 48,000 primary school-aged girls by building their life-skills, resilience, and social cohesion using playful learning. The program is possible thanks to the support of the Government of Canada, through Global Affairs Canada.
Lead Implementing Organization(s)
Location(s)
Sub-Saharan Africa
Burundi, United Republic of Tanzania
Government Affiliation
Non-governmental programYears
2021 -
Partner(s)
Ministry Affiliation
UnknownFunder(s)
COVID-19 Response
New for COVID-19Geographic Scope
Global / regionalMeets gender-transformative education criteria from the TES
UnknownAreas of Work Back to Top
Education areas
Attainment
- Primary completion
- Primary enrollment
Other skills
- Life skills/sexuality education
- Rights/empowerment education
Quality
- School quality
- School-related gender-based violence
- Teacher training
Skills
- Literacy
- Numeracy
Cross-cutting areas
- COVID-19 Response
- Empowerment
- Menstrual hygiene management
- Other aspects of sexual and reproductive health
- Social and gender norms and beliefs
- Violence (at home, in relationships)
Program participants
Target Audience(s)
Girls (both in school and out of school), Youth
Age
5 - 12
School Enrolment Status
Some in school
School Level
- Lower primary
- Upper primary
Other populations reached
Not applicable or unknown
Participants include
Not applicable or unknown
Program Approaches Back to Top
Access to school
- Alternative learning centers/mobile schools/home schools
Curriculum/learning
- Gender-sensitive curricula
- Increased availability of learning materials
Facilities construction/improvement
- Construction/improvement of classrooms
Health and childcare services
- Adolescent-friendly health services
Life skills education
- Gender, rights and power
- Sexual and reproductive health (including puberty education)
- Social and emotional learning (SEL) skills building
Menstrual hygiene management
- Educating girls about menstruation
- Sanitary product distribution
Other
- Other activities to address/end violence (not captured above)
School-related gender-based violence
- Safe and welcoming schools
- Safe channels/mechanisms for reporting violence
- Support in and around schools (e.g. peer counseling, adult-to-student counseling)
- Training of school personnel (including teachers)
- Violence prevention curriculum/activities for students
Teaching
- Hiring more female teachers
- In-service teacher training – gender-responsive pedagogy
- Pre-service teacher training – gender-responsive pedagogy
- Teacher incentives
Tutoring/strengthening academic skills
- Literacy - in the classroom
- Literacy - outside the classroom
- Numeracy - in the classroom
- Numeracy - outside the classroom
Water and sanitation
- Construction/improvement of sex-specific toilets
Women's empowerment programs
- Empowerment training
Program Goals Back to Top
Education goals
- Improved academic skills (literacy and numeracy)
- Increased enrolment in primary school
- Increased grade attainment
- Increased primary school completion
- Increased test scores
- Increased years of schooling
- Reduced absenteeism
- Reduced grade repetition
Cross-cutting goals
- Improved critical consciousness
- Increased advocacy/civic engagement
- Increased agency and empowerment
- More equitable gender attitudes and norms
- Reduced school-related gender-based violence (SRGBV)
Additional Information Back to Top
Primary Contact
- Brijpal Patel
- Right to Play
- Director, Global Program Development
- bpatel@righttoplay.com