Vuoden 2017 Travel Bloggers Give Back -tempauksen tavoitteena on tukea köyhän Laosin syrjittyihin vähemmistöihin kuuluvien Bokeo-lasten koulunkäyntiä.
Kaakkois-Aasiassa sijaitseva Laos on köyhä ja monimuotoinen maa. Yli puolet maan asukkaista on lao-väestöä, mutta heidän lisäkseen maassa elää 48 eri etnistä vähemmistöryhmää, jotka ovat huonommassa asemassa. Tämä vaikuttaa vahvasti muun muassa lasten ravitsemukseen ja koulunkäyntiin. Suurin osa köyhistä asuu vuoristossa, jossa liikkuminen on vaikeaa, eikä perusopetusta ole tarjolla riittävästi, tai sen taso on heikkoa. Vain alle puolet etnisiin vähemmistöihin kuuluvista tytöistä aloittaa peruskoulun. Poikien kohdalla tilanne on parempi. Tyttöjä usein väheksytään ja sukupuolet koetaan eri arvoisina.
Plan Suomi on tukenut jo useamman vuoden ajan Bokeon läänin lasten opetusta. Tavoitteen on tehdä oppimisympäristöstä turvallinen ja syrjimätön, jotta kaikki lapset, myös tytöt, voivat osallistua opetukseen täysipainoisesti ja tasa-arvoisesti. Kaiken kaikkiaan projektissa on mukana 109 koulua. Bokeon maakunnassa asuu 15 etnistä ryhmää ja 44 alaryhmää. Kaikki ryhmät puhuvat omaa kieltään ja tämä vaikeuttaa peruskoulutuksen saamista.
Bokeo läänin lasten koulunkäyntimahdollisuuksia on tuettu Plan Suomen kautta Suomen ulkoministeriön tuella ja Nenäpäivän kautta saaduilla varoilla.
Tavoitteenamme on kerätä Travel Bloggers Give Back -tempauksen kautta Matkamessuilla 2017 hyvä potti, jonka avulla voisimme auttaa parantamaan näiden köyhien alueiden lasten mahdollisuuksia saada laadukasta perusopetusta. Sen pitäisi olla jokaisen lapsen perusoikeus.
Many students live in the dormitories that are situated close to Ponglath Secondary school in Pha Oudom District, Bokeo Province. They live in simple grass huts which will soon be replaced by concrete buildings with kitchens and hygienic toilets, funded by Plan and the EU. They have to work during the darkness to keep up with their studies, although they have no electricity they use torches, oil lamps and candles.
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Pounglath primary and secondary schools are located in Pha Udon district in Bokeo province. Plan Laos implements a basic education programme. Learning materials are provided for children from grade 1-5 once a year. In order to increase the access to the basic and quality education, scholarships and dormitory are also offered to the most valuable children in the village. Multiple trainings are organised for teachers on child protection and positive education.
Kuva: Plan International
Plan Laos works closely with government education services to support early childhood education, including; helping communities to improve pre-schools and train teachers in stimulating and enjoyable teaching methods. Plan also provides books, educational and play materials, desks and equipment.
Kuva: Plan International
Plan Laos works closely with government education services to support early childhood education, including; helping communities to improve pre-schools and train teachers in stimulating and enjoyable teaching methods. Plan also provides books, educational and play materials, desks and equipment.
Kuva: Plan International
Children sing and dance as part of classroom activities at a Plan-supported pre-school in Bokeo Province, north-west Laos. Prechool children in Pha Oudom district, Bokeo province are learning with various activities from teachers that were trained in our ECCD program. Plan Laos strengthens pre-school education by providing teacher training, arts and play materials and small grants for community construction. The next big challenge is setting up community play groups in villages too small to support a pre-school.
Kuva: Plan International
Ban Heuay Thong Primary school is located in one of the hardest-to-reach areas of Paktha district in Bokeo province where Plan Laos implements a basic education programme. Apart from providing school materials once a year, Plan offers scholarships, especially for the most vulnerable girls in the village. Multiple trainings are organised for teachers on child protection and positive education.
Kuva: Plan International
A new Plan-supported project in rural Laos is mobilising communities to take responsibility for their sanitation and bring an end to open defecation. Plan instigated a village mapping session to identify where each member of the village relieves themselves in a community that has no toilets. This the first step in an innovative process known as Community Led Total Sanitation (CLTS). It’s designed to help communities realise the scope of the problems caused by going to the toilet in the open and motivate them to take control of making changes that have real outcomes for them and their children.
Kuva: Plan International
Summer pre-primary school course arranged in Bokeo Province (Northern Laos) to prepare ethnic children — whose communities have no pre-school — Lao language before attending grade 1
Kuva: Plan International
Sustainable water system management helps reduce chores for girls and increase time for studyind lessons.
Kuva: Plan International
Pounglath primary and secondary schools are located in Pha Udon district in Bokeo province. Plan Laos implements a basic education programme. Learning materials are provided for children from grade 1-5 once a year. In order to increase the access to the basic and quality education, scholarships and dormitory are also offered to the most valuable children in the village. Multiple trainings are organised for teachers on child protection and positive education.
Kuva: Plan International
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