Distribution of school bags and equipment to Yarmouk school students

Yarmouk School was founded in 1990, and was named after the village where it was built in relation to (Yarmouk Farm), the school was initially intended for primary students from the first grade to the sixth grade, before the construction of a new school due to the increasing number of students, to now include the students from the first to the ninth grades there were about 700 students. 

The school was closed during ISIS control of the area, before it reopened in 2017 after the area was liberated, and consists of two different buildings (extension unit – old school building) after the modern building was destroyed, and 500 students are currently studying there.

The project of “Me and My School 2” targeted Yarmouk school in the campaign to distribute bags and school tools in order to reduce the expenses of education that may burden the parents of students, as well as to encourage children to return to school, and on 11/11/2019 the project staff distributed 473 bags to students after having some sweets provided by the organization’s team.

“Me and My School 2” is a project that aims to provide students in 13 schools in Raqqa city and its countryside with school bags and tools to meet their basic educational needs. Launched on 20 March 2019 by GAV for Relief and Development, my school is a continuation of the “Me and My School” project, which aims to create the right environment for the families and children of Al-Raqqa and Al-Qahtaniyah area of the governorate countryside to engage in the educational process in a coordinated and orderly manner, and to encourage the return of displaced persons to their liberated towns and villages, as part of the organization’s plan to respond to the needs of the education sector in north-eastern Syria.

The first phase of the project included a service response to 37 schools among the most affected by the war in Raqqa and its countryside by maintaining its blackboards and providing its classrooms with seats, tables, chairs, stationery, chalk and children’s entertainment sets, as well as providing schools with billboards, trash cans and garbage containers.