Recap on the Children of Yaclidabouo

We worked with the substitute teacher and the children of the only pre-school in the region. Substitute teachers from the village with no educational background had to fill in the gap for an assigned teacher. In the Ivory Coast, the public education system will allow a teacher to rotate to pre-schools if they have the basic environment for the children.
In Yacolidabouo, the classroom has four walls, no doors and a roof with a hole in the ground for bathroom breaks.
Not all children in the eligible age bracket attend pre-school because there is an expense that parents are not ready to take. Those who enroll their children understand the benefit of enrolling their children in the classrom early and see the benefit as the child goes further in his/her eductation.
In 2009 we raised $200 in cash and $500 worth of school supplies, soaps and toilet paper for Yacolidabouo pre-school.
We also recorded the names of all children to follow their achivement in the village school system so that parents will understand the benefit of their children attending pre-school which we hope will push them to develop a better family budget.