Meisso Inclusive Quality Education for Children Project

Meisso Inclusive Quality Education Project is implemented in Meisso district, west Hararghe zone of Oromia regional state of Ethiopia. It will focus on providing inclusive quality education to 10,000 students including IDPs and host communities. Institutional WASH is a key element of the project. The project is designed in such as that it will address the education gaps in connection to influx of IDP children into host communities. The ultimate aim of this project is to ensure access to inclusive quality education for both boys, girls and children with special needs in disaster affected district of Meisso. Impact of the project is: Access to inclusive quality education is created for 10,000 boys and girls alike in disaster affected Meisso district at the end of the project period. It has two outcomes namely: outcome 1. Education coverage maintained and dropout rate reduced, and outcome 2. Student education performance and quality of education service will be improved in Meisso district. IR is responsible for implementing this project in a period of 24 months starting from June 2020. IR has presence in West Hararghe Zone of Oromia Region and it has been implementing other development projects and also responding to emergencies for internally displaced people and host communities in various sector. The total project cost is set at EURO 450,000.

Key activities include: constructing of additional classrooms with ramps, constructing of gender-segregated latrines and concrete water reservoir for roof water harvesting purpose, furnishing classrooms with desks and school supplies, furnishing and equipping five schools with standard laboratories, library and ICT materials, supplying teacher and students with disabilities with materials, supporting girls with Menstrual Hygiene Management (MHM) by availing dignity kits and hygiene materials and  MHM awareness raising training workshops, capacity building training for teachers to enhance their skills, providing solar lights to students and teacher and addressing challenges in education administration, community participation and schools supervision.

Community participation in education will be ensured using and activating Parent Teacher Student Association (PTSA) structure and training of its members to increase attendance of all school-age children and keep quality of education service. The district education office will also be equipped with basic office supplies, materials and furniture to effectively manage the education service in organized manner. The project will be implemented in a period of 24 months.