Réussite et Épanouissement via l'Apprentissage et L'Insertion au Système Éducatif (REALISE)

  • P Project/Program

? Activity Status: Unknown

Key Information

Operating in six provinces of the DRC, REALISE (which translates as 'success and fulfilment through learning') provided direct support to 69,460 vulnerable girls and their families through 455 schools and 16 alternative education institutions in community-based education centres. It also provided school supplies, and bursaries and technical support to saving and loans groups to increase families’ financial capacity to pay for girls’ education.

Lead Implementing Organization(s)
Location(s)

Sub-Saharan Africa

Democratic Republic of the Congo

Activity URL

https://girlseducationchallenge.org/projects/project/reussite-et-epanouissement-via-l-apprentissage-et-l-insertion-au-systeme-educatif-realise/

Government Affiliation
Non-governmental program
Years

2017 - 2021

Partner(s)

University of Sussex Institute of Development Studies, Congolese Women for Development, ALPKO

Ministry Affiliation
Unknown
Funder(s)

Not applicable or unknown

COVID-19 Response
Adapted
Geographic Scope
Sub-national
Meets gender-transformative education criteria from the TES  
Unknown
Areas of Work Back to Top
Education areas
Attainment
  • Primary to secondary transition
Quality
  • School quality
  • School-related gender-based violence
  • Teacher training
Skills
  • Literacy
  • Numeracy
Cross-cutting areas
  • COVID-19 Response
  • Economic/livelihoods (including savings/financial inclusion, etc.)
  • Emergencies and protracted crises
  • Menstrual hygiene management
  • Other aspects of sexual and reproductive health
  • Social and gender norms and beliefs
Program participants

Target Audience(s)

Girls in school, Teachers - female, Teachers - male

Age

Not applicable or unknown

School Enrolment Status

All in school

School Level

  • Upper primary
  • Lower secondary
Other populations reached
  • Other community members - female
  • Other community members - male
Participants include
  • Displaced/refugee - Internal (from other areas of the same country)
Program Approaches Back to Top
Community engagement/advocacy/sensitization
  • General awareness-raising/community engagement
Increased availability of learning materials
  • Textbooks (paper)
Life skills education
  • Sexual and reproductive health (including puberty education)
Menstrual hygiene management
  • Educating girls about menstruation
  • Sanitary product distribution
Reducing economic barriers
  • Addressing cost of school supplies
  • Reducing/eliminating school fees
  • Savings accounts
  • Vouchers/grants
Social/gender norms change
  • Group activities with students or school-age children/adolescents
Teaching
  • In-service teacher training – pedagogy general
Tutoring/strengthening academic skills
  • Literacy - in the classroom
  • Numeracy - in the classroom
Program Goals Back to Top
Education goals
  • Improved academic skills (literacy and numeracy)
  • Increased progression to secondary school
  • Increased years of schooling
Cross-cutting goals
  • Changed social norms
  • Improved sexual and reproductive health
  • Increased advocacy/civic engagement
  • Reduced school-related gender-based violence (SRGBV)
Additional Information Back to Top
Primary Contact
STC-DRC: General Contact Info
Save the Children
Drc.Sci@savethechildren.org