Egypt is one of the countries where the phenomenon of street children has spread most. It is one of Phenomena that are clearly widespread in all societies – These children force many of them to earn their living in humiliating ways, such as begging, searching in garbage cans, and selling... Simple goods, such as street vendors in poor neighborhoods and cities, expose them to many risks, including the spread of contagious diseases such as scabies, drug addiction in all its forms, exposure to torture, and exploitation for serious criminal acts.. A way to modify the behavior of these children and reintegrate them into the family and into education..
The project is a School that educates children in difficult circumstances, and adjusts Their behavior and providing them with the opportunity to return to education and school by implementing educational activities based on special, non-traditional curricula based on behavioral and life skills
The school that is friendly to children in difficult circumstances operates on a single-classroom system in terms of multiple levels, but it differs from other schools in that This type of school is joint (boys - girls) and consists of working children, beggars, street children, or school dropouts, and is taught by one teacher and one specialist of both sexes.
The school uses all modern technological means in learning, including the use of computers, data shows, the interactive theater, the educational bag, etc.
- Active learning strategies are also used in education, such as (peer learning - role playing - storytelling - brainstorming - Dialogue and discussion - educational package - problem solving) - The materials taught in these schools are modules that aim to modify behavior and teach the principles of reading, arithmetic, and some crafts that help them live, and the student studies in them for a period 3 years. Each year, a placement test is conducted, and based on the result, the committee’s report, and the conditions and age standards, these children are reintegrated into education, whether general, one-semester, or literacy classes.
The direct target group of the project< /span>
Children at risk, whether they are street children who take shelter on the street and do not have families to embrace them - children working in workshops or... Quarries, which are intended for marginal business owners, street vendors, beggars and families - and children who have dropped out of education and are not enrolled in government schools due to lack of desire for education or due to poverty. And needy and suffering from social problems.
The indirect target group of the project
Families of children enrolled in school, whether they are school dropouts, marginal business owners, beggars and street vendors< /span>
Owners of workshops and places where children work, whether carpentry, blacksmithing, electricity, mechanics, or plumbing.... ..etc
Social care institutions to shelter children whose social circumstances prevent them from continuing to live within the confines of their natural families.< /span>
All members of society, represented by members of the Community Participation Committee .