LAP
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Millet
ASAP foundation
, XX, naarden
, XX, around Bobo Dioulasso
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Private (tuition-based)
More than 5 years
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Operating for less than a year
The LAP (secondary agricultural schools) provides quality participative education for poor students of rural villages in Burkina Faso.
Strong involvement of local people in all steps of the projects.
Creating empathy of all stakeholders towards the school.
The school has been opened in October 2011.
A first result is that all parents have paid the school fees of their children on time showing their strong motivation.
All children are still in school and according to their parents they are the firts one up in the morning. Parents do not have to push them towards the school. Academic results so far are very positive.
Due to the dedication of the children attending the LAP, other children of the family are also more studious.
Fathers often want to know what the children has learned as far as subjects linked to farming.
Teachers are very motivated by the attitude of the children and parents.
In 3 years there will be more students at the LAP. This will incrased the impact mentionned above.
Father will be motivated to send their children to primary schools.
Children will be motivated to do their best to be selected for the LAP.
naturally it will also improve the quality of teaching of local rural secondary schools.
To have adequate infrastructure, human ressources ans sponsors
Start of a boarding school in October 2012
Capacity building of our existing staff
Fundraising for sponsors
To complete the infrastructure, to create a network with other agricultural schools and to get sponsors from the USA
Complete infrastructure to be able to have 4 class rooms
Finalise partnership with the school of Florac
Get sponsors via a network in the USA
The school opened on October 3rd 2011 and there was a meeting of parents 2 weeks later. This was our "Aha" moment. The 70 children all smiling in uniform in the class room and the smile also on the parents faces make us beleive that this school would change the local mentality towards education(may not the world).
One association from Monaco is investing in the infrastructure and equipment funding.
Sponsors are mainly from the Netherlands and France. In France the Association A Petits Pas is helping us get the right number of sponsors. Via our website each sponsor can follow up on its "adopted kid": profile and grades as well as general news from the LAP. This creates empathy between the sponsors and the LAP children.
In The Netherlands, we have one part time worker, 5 board members and about 30 volunteers to collect funds.
In France besides the association A Petits Pas for funds, we have also the collaboration of the agricutural school of Florac (France) which will help us with the participative approach.
In Burkina Faso, we have one director of ASAP Burkina who is controlling the LAP and the personnel of the school: one director, one permanent teachers and 4 part time teachers.
We have also contact with the ministry of secondary education of Burkina Faso.
In the investment side, we are looking at support for the communication via internet of the LAP, since it is the middle of nowhere. Also eventual networking to look for sponsors of children.
Exchange with similar type of schools in developping countries is also of strong interest.