GPE-KIX Project

GPE-KIX, Tuseme A voice for Internally Displaces Persons and Refugee Children

Tuseme -A voice for IDP and refugee Children project is supported by the Global Partnership for Education Knowledge and Information Exchange (GPE-KIX), a joint endeavor with the International Development Research Centre (IDRC) Canada. The project is implemented in a consortium of their organization namely. Forum for Africa Women Educationalists (FAWE), Higher Education Resource Services East Africa (HERS-EA), and Australian Council for Education Research (ACER-UK) are exploring educational innovations in Kenya, Uganda, and Ethiopia to support refugee and Internally Displaced (IDP) girls by identifying their academic and social development needs and social development and advocating for effective interventions.

Goal

To develop a revised Tuseme model and supporting tools for deployment in refugee and IDP settings, equipping children with essential skills and agency to overcome educational barriers.

Target

The project targets refugee and IDP children in Kenya, Ethiopia, and Uganda, it focuses on12 schools, 4 schools in the implementing countries 

Objectives

  1. To conducting case studies on Tuseme in mainstream schools to assess the current model’s, success factors and challenges alongside the FAWE Centre of Excellence and Gender-responsive pedagogy insights from these studies,
  2. Conduct scoping research into the status of gender equity and equality in education in Refugee and IDP communities, apply and evaluate effectiveness of the adapted ‘Tuseme’ model in IDP and refugee communities in Kenya, Uganda, and Ethiopia.
  3. To dissemination of knowledge and scale up Tuseme into a replicable impactful toolkit for similar communities elsewhere.

Programme Reach

The project focuses on Refugee and Internally Displaced Learners, both boys and girls. The focus is on 4 schools in Kenya 3 primary schools; Malakal, Hagadera and Runyu and 1 Secondary school (Somali Bantu)

The project is still in the early stages of research, so far, we have been able to reach over 600 people directly from the engagements and the activities we have completed so far

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