Zimbabwe Outreach Mission

With the implementation of the Safe Till School Starts (STS) project, AEE West Nile programmes, was able to keep children learning with the use of solar aided radio lessons through the two-year schools lockdown by the Government of Uganda, due to Covid-19. These STS learning centers were carried out with consent from the district and community leaders.

The AEE Arivu office, set up a recording studio at its office, and contracted teachers to record lessons. In total over 6,000 children were kept learning at 90 STS centers in the villages. Even as children return to school this month after two years of no lessons, the children in Arivu have continued to acquire education, and will easily catch up and be promoted to the next classes. One parent testified that their child did not know how to write but with the implementation of the STS project, the child can now read and write.