EDIN

The project aims to build upon actions to enhance the quality of education, promote school inclusion for the most vulnerable children, and support the Sahrawi Red Crescent. It focuses on understanding the needs of families newly displaced due to the resumption of the conflict in Western Sahara, providing them with initial support.

Within this context, a specific investigation aims to have the newly displaced individuals recognized as refugees by UNHCR, enabling them to be included among the beneficiaries of humanitarian aid.

Provide quality, fair, and inclusive education and learning opportunities for all. Specifically, the project aims to improve the living conditions and social inclusion of Sahrawi displaced individuals from the Western Sahara territories by ensuring the right to education for the most vulnerable boys and girls. Additionally, it seeks to contribute to the enhancement of the quality of education for vulnerable individuals with disabilities.

Awareness and visibility

• Creation and dissemination of an edition of the bulletin “Beyond the Sand and Wind” – YEAR 2. This activity builds on the approach already initiated in previously implemented projects, which resulted in the publication of four issues.
• Internal events organized by the University of Bologna for students and faculty of curriculum courses and Master’s programs.

Support for the school and social inclusion of displaced individuals

• Monitoring displaced individuals and their needs. This action has two important components: innovation in monitoring methods (involving trained refugees in data collection using computerized means) and the deployment of an all-female team, emphasizing their skills and central role in conducting in-depth monitoring of the population.
• Provision of logistical, hygienic, and school materials.
• Pilot action to support the educational recovery of children facing greater difficulties.

Enhancement of the quality of inclusive education

• Strengthening personnel dedicated to children with disabilities and/or special needs through training for operators and financial contributions to the salaries of social workers.
• Contribution to expanding the availability of pedagogical support materials suitable for children with psychomotor disabilities.
• Contribution to the provision of materials for the operation of the Ministry of Education’s garden. This garden has received strong support in previous projects and will be the focus of environmental education for both training personnel and instructive visits from schools.

Quality, fair, and inclusive education and learning opportunities for all are strengthened through support for local skills and in-depth investigation.