LORDO Somalia programme: Education progress report

1. Introduction

This is July 2008 progress report on LORDO Somalia programme. It discusses the implementation of various projects' activities, achievements to date (planned vs actual) and immediate outcomes. It also highlights some of challenges encountered by the respective teams and communities during the period.

2 Achievements

The school academic year (2007/2008) began on 1st Agosto2007 albeit intermittent fighting and insecurity tensions have been escalating in both Qoryoley and surrounding villages in the Lower Shebelle Region. Though the registration is on going, the enrolment of the grade 1 of all 26 villages' schools that LORDO supported schools in Qoryaley and surroundings in the lower Shebelle Region reached of 1,048 pupils. The enrollment, however, varies from school to school. The enrollment of pupils in many schools is quite low, while many others is quite high due to the security situations in specific contexts of the locations primary school, for instance, enrolled of 1,048 new students, not only as a result of massive inflow of conflict displaced people into the Qoryaley District (the largest safe haven area for IDPs in Lower-shabelle region, but also because of increasing demand of education opportunities by the inhabitants of Qoryoley s Districts satellite villages. This resulted that, the school community education committee approached LORDO for support of incentives and training to the additional 3 schools of 9 schoolteachers. Detailed enrollments see Annex an attached in this document.