ILE EKON: securing the right to an inclusive, equitable, good-quality education

Development cooperation · Vulnerable children in the rural communities of Togo A project run jointly with Proyecto Solidario.

Project summary

The project addresses the denial of the right to an inclusive, equitable, good-quality education experienced by children in rural Togo, always from a standpoint of gender equity and child participation.

Areas of work

  • Access: construction of 3 pre-school and 3 primary classrooms.
  • Quality of education: training for 80 teachers in the pedagogy of tenderness, gender equity and children’s rights, and the production of teaching materials on children’s rights, sustainable development, global citizenship, gender equality, a culture of peace, sex education and cultural diversity.
  • Community empowerment: working with local people, organised civil society and the public authorities to create an environment that is aware of and committed to children’s rights.

Results

  • Six new pre-school and primary classrooms built.
  • 80 teachers trained in inclusive teaching and children’s rights.
  • Good-quality teaching materials produced and distributed.
  • Communities and local authorities engaged in defending the right to education.

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