Restoration and rehabilitation of the facilities of three schools in Tel Tamr

The team of Me and My School 3 project completed the restoration and rehabilitation of the facilities of three schools in Tel Tamr town, despite the insecurity situation due to frequent Turkish bombardment on the area.

With the completion of the work, about 900 students are getting ready to go back to their schools.

The GAV4RD organization launched the project in late August 2021, to restore and rehabilitate 14 schools run by the Education Board of the Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria (AANES) in the areas of Hasakah, Qamishli, Tel Tamr and Shaddadi. 

The restoration and rehabilitation phase in Tel Tamr included three schools: al-Hamra, Nayef al-Salem and Adnan al-Maliki.

However, the project team was forced to suspend the restoration work in the Seif al-Dawla School, which was also scheduled to be completed, due to its transformation into a temporary shelter for the IDPs fleeing the Turkish bombing that targeted the villages of the area during the last two months.

The Adnan al-Maliki School, which was established in Tel Tamr town in 1980, contains about 300 students after the number has declined by about 30% during war years.

The Nayef al-Salem School lies in the town center and has about 250 students.  

While the al-Hamra School which lies in al-Hamra neighborhood, contains about 200 students, after the number has declined by about 30% during war years, according to the statistics of the AANES Education Board.

The works of the Me and My School 3 project in the three schools included the restoration of sanitary blocks, water faucets and floors, in addition to the restoration of doors, windows and whiteboards, not to mention the lighting and painting.  

Despite the completion of the restoration, the three schools still need more support and necessary capabilities to prepare the playgrounds and restore their external walls, not to mention a comprehensive restoration and rehabilitation process for the school buildings.  

The GAV4RD launched the project Me and My School 3 in view of the importance of the education sector as the most important pillars for the advancement of any society, and in view of the seriousness of the consequences that may result from the suspension of this process or being affected by the conflict.   

The project comes as one of the steps aimed at mitigating the effects of the conflict in Syria, which has caused great destruction in various sectors, the foremost of which is the education sector, where UNICEF has documented the number of children deprived of education in the country since 2011 by about two million.

Like other regions, the education sector in northeastern Syria has been severely damaged since extremist organizations such as ISIS took control of large areas, in addition to the confrontations that the region is witnessing from time to time due to attacks by government forces, not to mention the catastrophic results of the Turkish aggression on Ras al-Ain and Tel Abyad.  

Despite the decline in the intensity of the conflict in the region, the education sector did not recover in a manner commensurate with the needs, due to the damages that affected the facilities as a result of the conflict and the suspension of periodic restoration and maintenance operations, not to mention the transformation of some of them into temporary shelters for the displaced as a result of the war, which in turn was reflected in the reality of these facilities and their ability to accommodate students and provide the appropriate atmosphere for the revival of the educational process in healthy and appropriate conditions.