Enfants du Monde training programmes

1) Education training

2) Health training

1) Education training

Millions of children in the world never see the inside of a school. Even more leave school without acquiring the basic skills they need for life.

In some countries of Africa and Latin America, one out of two grade-three pupils is unable to read a simple text*. Learning is often ineffective because the teaching is not adapted to the children’s reality and the teachers are poorly trained and unmotivated.

In order to improve the quality of basic education, Enfants du Monde proposes:

• A pedagogical approach known as “Pedagogy of Text”. Schools using this approach stand out for their excellent rate of attendance and school success, as well as for their low drop-out rates.
• University training (Master’s level) in Pedagogy of Text for teacher trainers and teachers at the University of Ouagadougou in Burkina Faso and the University of Antioquia in Colombia.
• Continuing professional training in Pedagogy of Text for trainers, supervisors and teachers in numerous countries.
  
  

Alassane Dongo, teacher trainer in Burkina Faso:
"After ten years of teaching in high schools and colleges, I decided to become a teacher trainer. I did my Master’s in Pedagogy of Text at the University of Ouagadougou. Today, we are applying this pedagogical approach in all the schools where I work.

The change is striking: the children are much more alert and open and want to participate in the course. They are able to write short texts within six months, whereas it used to take them four years to reach that stage. They are also mastering reading: they no longer memorise the texts, but actually read and understand them."

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2) Health training

In Colombia, Enfants du Monde proposes continuing education in the area of maternal and child health in cooperation with the University of Antioquia. Heads of health programmes are trained using the World Health Organisation approach, “Working with individuals, families and communities to improve maternal and newborn health”.

Through this training, the heads of health programmes learn:

• How to improve access to, and the quality of, maternal and newborn healthcare in their country;
• How to listen to local population and evaluate its needs in terms of maternal and child health;
• How to establish a health programme that is adapted to the needs of the population and that involves the population;
• How to analyze the maternal and neonatal mortality reduction programme in their country, by linking it to international programmes and regional strategies.

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* Source: UNESCO