Education
The Ethiopian government provides just half a day of free primary and
secondary schooling five days a week. The JeCCDO project office in Debre Zeit
coordinates tutorial programmes for children from 7 - 16 years of age. Tutorial
classes are an opportunity to improve academic performance; they are based on
peer group discussion and problem solving. Children help each other understand
topics they have not understood in school, with tutors on hand to provide assistance.
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Empowering girls and women is a priority for JeCCDO. The position of
women in Ethiopian society means that girls are at a disadvantage whilst at
school and afterwards when they become adults. The picture opposite shows
a girls’ counselling centre built by JeCCDO in a school in Debre Zeit. Workshops are run with girls, their parents/carers and teachers to raise awareness of the problems girls face and to increase understanding and equal treatment. Issues such asHIV/Aids and sexual health are discussed freely and openly.
The club has 161 members out of 422 girls in the school. To sustain the club income-generating activities have been established such as a stationery
shop and horticultural activities.
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