Launched by "Big Heart" and "Nama" in cooperation with the "Malala Fund"

Emirati educational project targeting 65,000 female students in Nigeria

One in 5 children are out of school in Nigeria.

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The virtual educational project funded by the "Empowering Girls" Fund of the Big Heart Foundation, the global humanitarian organization concerned with helping refugees and needy people around the world, with the support of the Nama Foundation for the Advancement of Women and in cooperation with the "Malala Fund", has reached 65,000 students in five Nigerian states. The project aims to provide education to female students who struggle to go to school for economic reasons or as a result of the circumstances created by the "Covid-19" pandemic.

The Nama Foundation for the Advancement of Women provided a financial grant from its Nama Fund dedicated to supporting development projects for women in the Middle East, North Africa and South Asia, to the “Empowerment of Girls” Fund of the Big Heart Foundation amounting to 212,218 dirhams (57,781 US dollars). To launch an educational project for the primary, preparatory and secondary stages through radio broadcasts in Nigerian cities, through which it provided classes in various fields of knowledge and creativity, and was implemented by the charity ACE.

The project included a set of language, science, technology, engineering, and mathematics lessons, as well as classes to educate students about the importance of mindful health practices and their role in combating the spread of the new Corona virus.

The educational content of the project was produced in particular to cover the basic study materials that students need within their educational levels, as it was translated and broadcasted on local radio stations and channels in the five states in Nigeria in five local dialects.

The Director of the Big Heart Foundation, Maryam Al-Hammadi, said: “(The Big Heart) was able to find alternatives to education that suit the conditions and needs of the widest possible segment of students in Nigeria in general and female students in the basic and primary stages in particular. ».

The director of the Nama Foundation for the Advancement of Women, Reem Bin Karam, indicated that the project to provide education for girls in Nigeria through radio broadcasting translates Nama's goals to enable girls and women to acquire knowledge and science, to contribute to the development of their societies and provide them with qualified human cadres capable of supporting the comprehensive development process.

60% of Nigerian girls are out of school

The Malala Foundation revealed in a report issued by it, that girls represent 60% of the 10 million out-of-school children in Nigeria, and according to UNICEF, one in five children is out of school in Nigeria.

The Foundation confirmed that the emergence of "Covid-19" has exacerbated the challenges of keeping children educated in a country where economic barriers and social and cultural norms do not encourage enrollment in formal education, especially for girls.