The opening of Rabiaa elementary school on 5 May 2019
Rabiaa Elementary School was founded in 1972 in Rabiaa village, 15 km away in western Raqqa countryside, and was named after the village by Rabiaa ibn Nizar ibn Maad ibn Adnan, a renowned Yemeni Arab tribe. Rabiaa Elementary school is an old school that has contributed to the graduation of many generations of learners and skilled people, and currently has 599 students.
Me and my school project targeted the school of Rabiaa because of the moral and material destruction it suffered from during the war which caused the displacement of the people and closure of the school until early 2018. This led to decrease the number of students from 850 before the war to 599 students after it.
Me and my school project provided 150 school benches to the replace the shattered ones in classrooms, 11 of the teachers’ chairs and tables also were replaced, all boards were maintained and a set of stationary and chalk was provided. The school was also provided with a children’s entertainment group, a billboard and a cleaning group, as well as 12 trash baskets and 2 garbage cans.
“Me and My Schools” project held an opening ceremony for Rabiaa School on 5 May 2019 in the presence of students, their parents and teachers, in which 599 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” team met the parents of the students and school teachers who demanded to repair the bathrooms and equip them with water tanks, as well as unify students’ clothing and provide teaching aids and school books for them.
“Me and My School” is a project launched by 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 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 which are among the most affected by the war that destroyed schools and exposed classes, fences and benches to harm, 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 security has returned proportionally to the liberated areas.