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WFWP School in Mongolia
Yargui Mothers and Children Education Center
Completion of the building: September 2000,
Reconstructed in 2005
Founded: September 2000
Curriculum
The first floor of the center is a dressmaking class; the first and the second floors are for kindergarten. In the kindergarten, basic education for pre schooling is taught for one year. School classes run from 8:00 to 16:00, an all day system; there are two classes with 30 students in each. Food service provides lunch, and a �gMothers Class�h is held twice a month.
A dressmaking class for women�fs financial independence is implemented three times a year; each a three month course.
Total number of graduates (kindergarten): 348
Project Outline
We opened a mother and child education center in the most poverty stricken area of Ulaanbaatar, the capital, as a countermeasure to the children. A foster parent system has been introduced since 2001 to support the tuition for kindergarten children who have difficulty continuing schooling due to economic hardship.
In the dressmaking class, they make dresses at the end of the course to be used in Japan to introduce the project to Japanese, and for economic independence.
Of the operational cost, WFWP Japan supports 93%.
Development
2005
- Fifty three children graduated in June from our 5th graduating class.
- Children presented songs at the 10th Anniversary of WFWP Mongolia.
- In an academic test taken to enter elementary school, many of our children gained excellent scores; three entered a special class of a selection of excellent students.
- Reconstruction of the school building was completed in December. Toilets were added. Showers were installed, thus improving sanitary conditions.
- During reconstruction work only two courses of the dressmaking class were implemented.
- In addition to the dressmaking class, a vegetable class (a class for agricultural guidance) was implemented to guide students on how to grow vegetables, preserve them and cook them.
- Number of students:
Kindergarten: Boys 27, Girls 36, Total 63
Dressmaking class: 18
2006
- A graduation ceremony was held for the 52 graduating students of the 6th graduating class in June. A soprano singer who participated in a study tour sang at the ceremony to celebrate their graduation.
- For the placement test before entering an elementary school, our children attained excellent scores on average, and two entered into a special course.
- Number of students:
Kindergarten: Boys 32, Girls 31, Total 63
Dressmaking class: 27
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