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RASIT
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Education for All
El-Sharifa Fatima Fund continues its
humanitarian efforts to help underprivileged
Children in Iraq. In a gesture of support for
the Iraqi children, the Executive Director of
RASIT,HRH Princess Dr Nisreen
El-Hashemite visited underprivileged
families in various parts of Baghdad, and
distributed 2500 school bags to children
aged between 6 - 10 years. Every school
bag contains all the required materials and
books for the school year.
humanitarian efforts to help underprivileged
Children in Iraq. In a gesture of support for
the Iraqi children, the Executive Director of
RASIT,HRH Princess Dr Nisreen
El-Hashemite visited underprivileged
families in various parts of Baghdad, and
distributed 2500 school bags to children
aged between 6 - 10 years. Every school
bag contains all the required materials and
books for the school year.
Princess Dr Nisreen El-Hashemite - The Executive Director of RASIT, and during her field
trips to various provinces in Iraq said: “economic and social factors of the Iraqi family have
a significant impact on children and schooling. Many families can not provide the most
basic needs for their children such as school bags, books, notebooks and pens… A large
number of children working to help their families. " Dr El-Hashemite continues: "Also the
security situation and the transportation to and from school is one of the important
problems facing children in Iraq.. many of the children walk long distances on foot to get
to school.. this is in addition that most of the schools need rehabilitation of both buildings
and services such as water, electricity and sanitation facilities, furniture and classrooms.
There is also a shortage of teaching materials such as school books and tools necessary
including the special classes for practical and scientific education and libraries. The
situation in the villages and provinces is worse than Baghdad”.
Princess Dr Nisreen El-Hashemite stressed on the need to take an urgent action to
promote and encourage the enrollment of children in schools. This has to include
providing transportation to schools and improve the level and quality of education through
improving educational curricula and the provision of textbooks and accessories, and
rehabilitation of school buildings and public facilities with an emphasis on children’s
health, including psychological and physical health. A moral support in Iraq is very
essential to encourage families enroll their children in schools.
trips to various provinces in Iraq said: “economic and social factors of the Iraqi family have
a significant impact on children and schooling. Many families can not provide the most
basic needs for their children such as school bags, books, notebooks and pens… A large
number of children working to help their families. " Dr El-Hashemite continues: "Also the
security situation and the transportation to and from school is one of the important
problems facing children in Iraq.. many of the children walk long distances on foot to get
to school.. this is in addition that most of the schools need rehabilitation of both buildings
and services such as water, electricity and sanitation facilities, furniture and classrooms.
There is also a shortage of teaching materials such as school books and tools necessary
including the special classes for practical and scientific education and libraries. The
situation in the villages and provinces is worse than Baghdad”.
Princess Dr Nisreen El-Hashemite stressed on the need to take an urgent action to
promote and encourage the enrollment of children in schools. This has to include
providing transportation to schools and improve the level and quality of education through
improving educational curricula and the provision of textbooks and accessories, and
rehabilitation of school buildings and public facilities with an emphasis on children’s
health, including psychological and physical health. A moral support in Iraq is very
essential to encourage families enroll their children in schools.
Before 1991, the education system in Iraq before 1991, was one of the best systems in
the region where the enrollment rate among children in primary education was 100%,
and the proportion of illiteracy among men and women was the least in the region.
However, since the Gulf War in 1991 and the subsequent economic sanctions that put
Iraq in isolation from the outside world, which was followed by the 2003 war, and the
subsequent instability in Iraq due to terrorism and killing of civilians, the number of
widows and orphans and the underprivileged people has increased dramatically, leading
to a significant decrease in the percentage of Iraqi children enrolled in school.
According to UNESCO reports less than 40% of Iraqi children join schools.
The main reason why Iraqi children and youth do not enjoy their right to education is
poverty, which leads parents to drive children, especially boys, into the workforce. Most
families cannot afford the basic requirements for elementary school and transportation.
For example, the UNICEF indicated in its report that “among extremely poor districts, a
quarter of students under 15 dropped out of school compared to just over a tenth in
better off districts. The reasons given were that families could no longer afford costs;
schools were too far away; and some children were sent to work to supplement
household incomes…. Overall, the above data help to explain a deteriorating national
literacy rate that may be as low as 74%, with a female literacy rate of around 64% in a
country that was on the way to eradicating illiteracy in the 1980s, especially for women.”
What we did?
the region where the enrollment rate among children in primary education was 100%,
and the proportion of illiteracy among men and women was the least in the region.
However, since the Gulf War in 1991 and the subsequent economic sanctions that put
Iraq in isolation from the outside world, which was followed by the 2003 war, and the
subsequent instability in Iraq due to terrorism and killing of civilians, the number of
widows and orphans and the underprivileged people has increased dramatically, leading
to a significant decrease in the percentage of Iraqi children enrolled in school.
According to UNESCO reports less than 40% of Iraqi children join schools.
The main reason why Iraqi children and youth do not enjoy their right to education is
poverty, which leads parents to drive children, especially boys, into the workforce. Most
families cannot afford the basic requirements for elementary school and transportation.
For example, the UNICEF indicated in its report that “among extremely poor districts, a
quarter of students under 15 dropped out of school compared to just over a tenth in
better off districts. The reasons given were that families could no longer afford costs;
schools were too far away; and some children were sent to work to supplement
household incomes…. Overall, the above data help to explain a deteriorating national
literacy rate that may be as low as 74%, with a female literacy rate of around 64% in a
country that was on the way to eradicating illiteracy in the 1980s, especially for women.”
What we did?
What we would like to do in 2010?
- Support 100,000 child with school bags and needed materials
- Open Literacy classes for women and young people
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