Dear Friends,
For a number of years, the educational system in Chad has been declining. While this has affected all students, girls have suffered the most, especially those in rural areas.
To address this problem, the Taboloman School is improving its education systems and initiating new vocational training programs that will focus on the educational needs of girls.
Begun in 2015 to meet the need for Christian and vocational training centered in the local church, the school now has more than 600 primary and 200 secondary students.
To better educate girls, the school will focus on three areas of pressing need: General Education: Mixed classes following the prescribed government curricula.
Literacy: A special reading program developed by a Chadian linguist, Priscille Ndjerareou, whose father-in-law founded the school. It is a return to the syllabic learning system that was developed by missionaries for learning and reading in local languages. This very effective system helped new converts read and understand the Bible in their own language. However, it was rejected by the government and replaced by a system that has not improved reading skills.
Home Economics: Sewing, Weaving, Nutrition.
To make this possible, the school needs two additional classrooms with bathrooms.
Each classroom and bathroom will cost $8000 to build. We hope to raise the funds needed to build one classroom and bathroom and to equip the classroom with desks and benches.
The response to our last newsletter highlighting the need for funds to repair the school and build a new classroom at the Bethel School in Bourofaye, Senegal, enabled us to send more than enough to cover the cost. Here are pictures showing the progress.
With your help, we hope to be able to do the same for the Taboloman school in Chad.
Sincerely,
Alec D. Brooks