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Extended schools: Esperança’s struggle
meeting the duty
inspires Day for Change
by Chris Parr
Esperança Soul is a 14-year-old
student in Maganja da Costa – one
of the poorest districts of Zambezia,
Mozambique.
Her father died several years
ago, and she now helps her mother
The extended schools to look after the rest of her family,
programme in Mansfield
while trying to keep up her studies.
is a great example of
She rises before 5am every day
innovative approaches to this
in order to fetch water from a nearby
pump – a luxury that many in her
challenging agenda. We hear
country are not fortunate enough to
from their extended schools
have – before heading off to school.
co-ordinator. We also look at Although the school is incom-
extended schools and ICT
plete (there are no toilets), Esperança
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is immensely proud. She, along
with other students, parents and
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and hints from its staff on
is calling on all schools to do their Make a change: Esperança
managing behaviour in the
bit as part of a UK-wide Day for (wearing yellow) is helping
classroom Change. to build her school with the
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Stella Kaabwe, UNICEF educa- support of UNICEF. Money
tion officer, said: “We can’t remove raised by schools as part of
SecEd digital
all the problems in the education the Day for Change will also UNICEF/MOZA06-00419/Pir
system, not in years, but we can fund vaccines for babies in
assist with some fundamental Mozambique (above) Photo:
and SecEd
changes that can improve the qual-
ity of education.” Child Survival Projects help to He said: “We have learned The other major concerns, he “Most of the pupils I visit are
In Mozambique, around 450 ensure that more young children methods to allow more participation says, are stopping girls from drop- girls, and most of those are orphans.
on Twitter
children under five die every day as in the country survive beyond their of the pupils despite the fact that we ping out, and the increasing num- They find it difficult to come to
a result of preventable and treatable fifth birthday, by providing vaccina- have huge classes to manage. bers of orphans – mostly due to HIV school.”
Thousands of teachers are
diseases such as measles, malaria tions, malaria nets, and improved “We use more group work and and AIDS – in class. Registration for Day For
and tetanus. hygiene practice. take advantage of our rural envi- In order to reach students who Change, which is now in its 21st
reading SecEddigital, a virtual
Some 99 per cent of children in Education Projects, like the one ronment. For example, if we have no longer attend, the school council year, is now open.
edition of SecEd, which is
the country are enrolled in primary that is helping Esperança’s school natural science, we take the pupils – which has nine members and 23 Every school that registers will
emailed out every week. school, but there is a massive short- to develop, work towards giving outside to directly observe what is activists – make home visits. receive a resource pack, which
You can sign up for free by
age of classrooms, teachers, desks more young people access to school there. Before we didn’t do this but Esperança, who is one of the includes case studies, fundraising
emailing editor@sec-ed.co.uk.
and school materials, with 75 per environments that are inclusive, we’re trying now.” school council members, said: “I plans, posters, lesson plans, and
SecEd news and features are
cent of the population living below child-friendly, and safe. Poor nutrition and hunger is a visit seven families regularly. assembly ideas.
the poverty line (80 pence per day). Fazilom Ofumawe, director at problem for most of Mr Ofumawe’s “These days one of my visits The official Day is February
now also available on Twitter.
By organising fundraising Namurumo School – attended by students, and he says the school is is to my fellow pupil who is preg- 5, 2010, but schools can choose a
You can follow us at www.
events and activities, UK schools Esperança – says that his teachers are in the process of arranging a plot of nant. She is 16-years-old. I tell more suitable date.
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can choose to fund projects in one benefiting hugely from the Maganja land where they can grow food for her she must carry on studying For information, visit www.
of two areas. da Costa Education Project. the pupils, and sell any surpluses. like me. unicef.org.uk/dayforchangeinfo
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