The opening of Hawijah Attiq School on 24 April 2019

Hawijah Attiq School was founded in 2009 in the village of the same name. The village is about 25 km from the city of Raqqa, named after a prominent farmer in the area and was called Attiq, while the word (Hawijah) means a small island surrounded by water. The school has 235 students.

“Me and my School” project targeted Hawijah Attiq school for the moral and material devastation as a result of the war in the region, closing the school after ISIS’s hardline control and no longer to open its doors until the beginning of 2018, and suffered a sharp decrease in the number of students to about half.

“Me and My School” project provided 13 classroom benches to replace the shattered benches in classrooms, a chair and a table for teachers were replaced, all school boards were serviced and stationery and chalk collections were provided, and the school was provided with a children’s entertainment group, a billboard and a cleaner, as well as 2 trash baskets and 2 garbage cans.

In order to communicate effectively with the beneficiaries of the project, “Me and My School” project team met the parents of the students and teachers of the School who demanded the need to renovate the shattered parts of the school and improve the bathrooms, as well as providing teaching aids and uniforms for children.

Me and My School” is a project launched by the GAV Relief and Development Organization on 20 March 2019 and aims to create a favorable environment for the residents and children of Raqqa city and the area of al-Qahtaniyah in the countryside of the governorate to engage in the educational process in a coordinated and orderly manner, and encourage the displaced people to return to their towns and villages , As part of the organization’s plan to respond to the needs of the educational sector in the regions of north-eastern Syria.

“Me and my School” project responds to the service requirements of 37 schools in Raqqa and its countryside among the most affected by the war that destroyed schools and afflicted damage to classes, fences and benches, hindering the progress of the educational process in its desired form, and prevent children from having access to a suitable and appropriate educational environment after the restoration of security proportionally to the liberated areas.