EDUCATION
& CULTURE
1.1 Improved children’s accessibility to the primary education system in communities by:
-Supplying schools with tables and benches
-Building equipment for classrooms
-Building houses for teachers
-Drilling and building wells on school grounds
-Restoration of classrooms

1.2 Improving the quality of education in primary schools by:
-Providing continuous training for teachers
-Providing educational support for teachers in the field
-Completing and restoring of water points: revitalization of CGPE (Water Point Management Committee) to ensure the maintenance and availability of drinking points in school
-Providing access to healthcare for students
-Educating students about malaria
-Organizing a theater forum on the rights of the child to education and child labor in gold mining sites
-Providing school supplies for students
-Providing electricity in classrooms
-Planting of trees for schools
-Supplying a school cafeteria
-Creating a mobile library for children
1.3 Improving access to new technologies for the population by:
-Building radio stations, putting up posters, and distributing brochures and flyers
-Participating in cultural fairs, conducting meetings in elementary schools, high schools, colleges, NGOs and associations
-Making a list of needs and prioritizing training needs by target group
-Making computer training modules available
-Having training and refresher courses


1.4 Ouhahigouya Library:
-Repairing, equipping and strengthening the library
-Expanding the library’s collection from 2,700 books to more than 7,000 books
-Increasing employment and training for staff
-Organizing cultural activities like: public lectures, presentations of novels, film screenings, reading contests for the general public and those enrolled in school, which has more than 40,000 people a year. This has led to a considerable increase in library attendance from 100 to 2,000 people a year.
