The opening of Gaderan Rural School on 24 April 2019
Founded in 1960 in the village of Gaderan in the western countryside of al-Raqqa governorate, the village of Gaderan is named after the land masses that are accumulated after ploughing the farmland. The Gaderan Rural School is the first of the village’s founding schools, with 270 students and students.
“Me and my School” project targeted al-Gaderan school after the team examined the effects of the destruction caused by the war, as parts of its classes, walls and bathrooms were damaged by shelling, and the school was closed for a long time, leading to a decrease in the number of students from 1,000 before the war to 270.
Me and My School” project provided 20 classroom benches to replace the shattered benches in classrooms, 9 chairs and teachers ‘ tables 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 garbage cans.
“Me and My School” project held an opening ceremony for Gaderan School on 24 April 2019 in the presence of students, their parents and teachers, in which 270 school bags were distributed to all students, and awareness brochures were distributed to encourage students to better integrate into the educational process.
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 al-Ansar school who demanded the need to renovate the shattered parts of the school and improve the bathrooms by providing it with water tanks and maintenance of faults, as well as providing teaching aids as a computer and a screen and projector to facilitate the educational content 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.