How Refugee Children in Kenya are Continuing to Learn During the Coronavirus Lockdown

  • P Project/Program

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Key Information

Amidst school closures and a partial lockdown in Kenya due to the coronavirus, teachers are broadcasting their lessons on the radio in Dadaab refugee camp

Lead Implementing Organization(s)

Location(s)

Sub-Saharan Africa

Kenya

Activity URL

https://www.care.org/news-and-stories/news/how-refugee-children-in-kenya-are-continuing-to-learn-during-the-coronavirus-lockdown/

Government Affiliation

Non-governmental program

Years

2020 -

Partner(s)

Not applicable or unknown

Ministry Affiliation

Unknown

Funder(s)

Not applicable or unknown

COVID-19 Response

New for COVID-19

Geographic Scope

National

Meets gender-transformative education criteria from the TES  

Unknown

Areas of Work Back to Top

Education areas

Other

  • Remote Learning

Quality

  • Curricula/lesson plans
  • School facilities

Skills

  • Civics education
  • Literacy

Cross-cutting areas

  • COVID-19 Response

Program participants

Target Audience(s)

Boys out of school, Girls out of school, Youth

Age

10 - 19

School Enrolment Status

All out of school

School Level

  • Upper primary
  • Lower secondary
  • Upper secondary

Other populations reached

Not applicable or unknown

Participants include

  • Displaced/refugee - External (from other countries)
  • Displaced/refugee - Internal (from other areas of the same country)

Program Approaches Back to Top

Curriculum/learning

  • Increased availability of learning materials

Educational Technology

  • Digital learning materials/programs

Increased availability of learning materials

  • Educational Radio or Television Programs

Mentoring/psychosocial support

  • Teachers as mentors

Social/gender norms change

  • Group activities with students or school-age children/adolescents

Teaching

  • Teaching materials (e.g. lesson plans, curricula)

Tutoring/strengthening academic skills

  • Literacy - outside the classroom

Program Goals Back to Top

Education goals

  • Improved academic skills (literacy and numeracy)
  • Reduced absenteeism
  • Reduced grade repetition

Cross-cutting goals

Not applicable or unknown

Additional Information Back to Top

Primary Contact

Katherine Begley
CARE
Senior Technical Advisor for Education, CARE USA
katherine.begley@care.org