The UBM funded education programme
Rehabilitation under way
Libanga school. The buildings in the background have been rebuilt as part of the project. The grassy area in the foreground will be remodelled as a playground, and the children themselves will help design it.
Photo: Howard Davies
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Upbeat lessons
A teacher at Libanga school, Ilana Mpulu, demonstrates the interactive teaching methods he has learnt from the Oxfam programme, really engaging the children. In the background are the new windows, designed by Oxfam, that mean the school is lighter and cooler.
Photo: Howard Davies
Innovative design
In the new classrooms in Diangenda, the walls are brighter, the new window-bricks let light and air through. The children used to sit on the floor, making it dificult to concentrate and write, but now they have benches and desks.
Photo: Howard Davies
Local enterprise
A local worker makes the Oxfam-designed bricks for windows. Building materials are locally available, keeping the costs down, and ensuring sustainability of the programme.
Photo: Howard Davies
Small improvements, big impacts
A new classroom at Diangenda school. The rain ditch catches water from the roof, running off to a soak-away. It means the building lasts longer, and there is no standing water in which mosquitos can breed, thereby preventing the spread of malaria.
Photo: Howard Davies
Difficult learning conditions
Overcrowding in Ekof Ekema school. Oxfam is currently working to rehabilitate this school, and to provide resources to the teachers and children.
Photo: Howard Davies
Supporting the teachers
The start of the library in the teachers resource centre. This centre has been funded and stocked by the Oxfam programme. It is a central resource for teachers to have access to teaching aids, a photocopier, the internet, and other materials to help them with their work.
Photo: Howard Davies
The scale of the task
Ekengo school is an old cow shed. The desks and benches are makeshift, there is little protection from the weather, the roof leaks, and the walls are so low as to be able to see into other "classrooms." This school will be renovated next year.
Photo: Howard Davies
Community involvement
The school committee meet to discuss the development of Ekengo school. Oxfam has been working with school directors, parents committees and teachers to make them aware of their rights and responsibilities in this process
Photo: Howard Davies
Thank you
With the help of UBM, thousands of children will now get a decent education. They will be far better equipped to pull themselves out of poverty.
Photo: Harmonie Atwood
