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Green Schools Bara is a sub-project of the Integrated Rural Development Project (IRDP) in the Bara

Bâra

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-Region (SoFaBa-FLM) and works in Fiherena Toliara

Toliara

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Synod (SPFT) and Ihorombe

Ihorombe

Ihorombe is a region in Madagascar. It borders Haute Matsiatra region in north, Atsimo-Atsinanana in east, Anosy in south and Atsimo-Andrefana in west. The capital is Ihosy and the population was estimated to be 189,200 in 2004...

(SPH) of the Malagasy Lutheran Church

Malagasy Lutheran Church

The Malagasy Lutheran Church is a Christian denomination in Madagascar and France, established in 1950 by the unification of 1,800 Lutheran congregations in central and southern Madagascar...

in the central south and south-west of Madagascar

Madagascar

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History

SoFaBa started with its educational in 1998, and the development of “Green Schools” was part of the programme. The main focus was, however, given to encouraging the parents in the Bara-region to send their children to school and to build school houses in cooperation with the local community.

In 2003 there started a new period in SoFaBa’s educational work with a strong focus on the pedagogical work and on the general improvement of the quality of the existing schools. This includes a serious attempt to develop and introduce a Green Programme. The school in Ambatolahy in the Ankazoabo

Ankazoabo

Ankazoabo is a town in Atsimo-Andrefana Region, Madagascar....

region became the first green pilot school.

A new level was reached in 2005/2006 when a compulsory and holistic “Green School Programme” with many different components was introduced in al schools. By this way, the educational work in the Bara-region started by SoFaBa was strengthened and qualitatively improved. The Green Schools Bara continue and improve the work started within the SoFaBa-project putting a special emphasis on modern pedagogy, methodical renewal and social issues like the promotion of girls and children with disabilities. Furthermore, the Green Schools Bara cooperates with the government for reaching Education for All - one of the Millennium Development Goals

Millennium Development Goals

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Objectives

Green Education is an integrated education that includes all subjects. The heart of the matter is an education about the interplay of all life, the sustainable use of natural resources and the respect for and love to all creation. This requires “integrated teaching” that makes the interdependence between the single human being, the community and the surrounding ecological system obvious.

Activities

Green Schools Bara works in remote and low developed areas in the central south-west of Madagascar. There are few or no other development organizations in this area, the state is poorly represented and many children have no possibility to go to school.The project supports the objectives of the Malagasy government to ensure a basic education of high quality for all children by 2015.

The project's main activities are:

Construction of village schools
Renovation and improvement of existing school
Improvement of teaching
Teacher’s training
Financial support to schools and teachers
Support with equipment

In 2006, Green School Bara started with the elaboration and production of school books and pedagogical material. This resulted in a cooperation with the National Reading Centre at the University of Stavanger

University of Stavanger

The University of Stavanger is located in Stavanger, Norway and has about 8,500 students and 1200 administration, faculty and service staff. It is organised in three faculties, including two national centres of expertise. It includes 107 professors, and more than 150 of the academic staff hold...

, Norway, and, in 2007, the creation of an independent publishing company, Vakoka Vakiteny

Vakoka Vakiteny

Vakoka Vakiteny is a publisher producing literature for children and youth in Malagasy language, created by Malagasy. It is located in Toliara in the south west of Madagascar and owned and run by Malagasy.-History:...

Schools

The following schools are included in the project:

Fiherena Toliara Synod (Atsimo Andrefana Region)
- Ambatolahy
- Andaka
- Angavo
- Mahabo
- Mahazoarivo
- Marosakoa
- Mitsinjo Soatanimbary
- Tamotamo
Ihorombe Synod (Ihorombe Region)
- Ankasy
- Besakoa Anenjika
- Tsingilofilobe

Funding

Green Schools Bara is a project included in the Green Education Programme ProVert that is granted by the Norwegian Government (Norad) during the period 2007 - 2011. The financial support from ProVert will diminish gradually; at the same time the local shares will increase for ensuring the sustainability of the work. There will also be worked actively for finding individual partners supporting the single schools in these low developed and vulnerable area.

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