Ruhi Arbab Baháʼí School, Colombia

  • P Project/Program

A Active

Key Information

Since its inception in the early 1980's, the Ruhi Arbab Baháʼí School has grown to provide high quality K-12 education to children and youth in Puerta Tejada and Jamundi, ensuring that they become active agents in their learning process. Its mission is to build capacity in students to access scientific, technological, artistic, and spiritual knowledge in order to develop in them the qualities and skills of service to manage development initiatives in their community.

The two schools currently serve about 800 students, with some 450 children (60% girls) attending the primary school in Puerta Tejada.


Lead Implementing Organization(s)
Location(s)

Latin America & Caribbean

Colombia

Government Affiliation
Unknown
Years

Not applicable or unknown

Partner(s)

Not applicable or unknown

Ministry Affiliation
N/A
Funder(s)

Not applicable or unknown

COVID-19 Response
Adapted
Geographic Scope
National
Meets gender-transformative education criteria from the TES  
Unknown
Areas of Work Back to Top
Education areas
Attainment
  • Primary completion
  • Primary enrollment
  • Primary to secondary transition
  • Secondary completion
  • Secondary Enrollment
Other
  • Remote Learning
Quality
  • School facilities

Cross-cutting areas
  • COVID-19 Response
  • Food/water security

Program participants

Target Audience(s)

Boys in school, Girls in school, Youth

Age

Not applicable or unknown

School Enrolment Status

All in school

School Level

  • Lower primary
  • Upper primary
  • Lower secondary
  • Upper secondary
Other populations reached
  • Teachers - female
  • Teachers - male
Participants include

Not applicable or unknown

Program Approaches Back to Top
Facilities construction/improvement
  • Construction/improvement of classrooms
Food/nutrition
  • Other nutritional supplementation
Reducing economic barriers
  • Scholarships/stipends for school fees
School-related gender-based violence
  • Training of school personnel (including teachers)
Water and sanitation
  • Construction/improvement of toilets (combined use)
Program Goals Back to Top
Education goals
  • Increased school completion (general)
  • Increased school enrolment (general)
Cross-cutting goals
  • Improved nutrition