Protecting Children from Learning Loss: Sierra Leone’s Experience with Distance Learning and Keeping All Students Safe
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The World Bank Free Education (FREE) Project protects children in Sierra Leone from learning loss during the COVID-19 pandemic. The project provides: distance learning to 1.4 million children, of which half are girls; sensitization campaigns regarding COVID-19 prevention, gender-responsiveness, and back-to-school arrangements; school safety protocols and psychosocial support guidelines to all of the 11,000 primary and secondary schools, as well as training for 22,000 teachers; hygiene and safety products for all 11,000 schools; annual School Census 2020; and a legal and policy framework to support the inclusion of all children in Sierra Leone.
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The Hon David Littleproud MP
Minister for Agriculture, Drought and Emergency Management
Providers selected to deliver $11 million investment in leadership, mentoring, capacity building and small community infrastructure to help build drought resilience.
Activities underway from early in 2021 include leadership training and extending these learnings into the community, ‘farmer to farmer’ mentoring, community network events, and renewing community facilities to be resilient to impacts of drought.
These activities will be delivered by the Australian Rural Leadership Foundation and the Foundation for Rural and Regional Renewal and interested groups and individuals can apply directly with program providers.
Providers have been chosen to deliver the Networks to Build Drought Resilience and Drought Resilience Leaders programs, two programs under the Future Drought Fund.