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Field visit and exchange programme in Nigeria
HIRDA had the opportunity to participate in Oxfam-Novib,s KIC (Knowledge Infrustracture with and between Counterparts) exchange programme that was organized between Somali Education Program Group (SEPROG) a network organization based in Somalia and Civil Society Action Coalition on Education for All (CSACEFA) also a network organization based in Nigeria. The programme was held on 19th - 31st of May, 2010.
The exchange programme was organized to enable participating organizations from Somalia to learn more about how Girls education in the Islamic context was carried out. Nigeria was chosen for this learning programme based on the fact that certain states in Nigeria are very Islamic and successes have been recorded in the role Civil Society organizations can play in encouraging girl child education in these contexts.
Particpants had the opportunity to visit states such as Abuja, Zamfara, Kaduna and Kano. During these visits participants met CSACEFA member organizations who are involved in Girl Child Education. They took the opportunity to educate participants on their projects/programmes, strenghts and challenges they are facing as an organizations.
Among others, particpants had the opportunity to learn about how NGO’s in Nigeria are able implement and susutain their projects especially in the area of girls education. Participants also learnt about the strategies NGO,s in Nigeria adopt in order to promote girls enrolment and also retention in schools. Again they were able to learn more on advocacy and lobbying strategies and also the fact that it was possible to combine Islamic education with the conventional educational system in Islamic communities.
HIRDA was represented by Mr. Hassan Keynaan (HIRDA, Somalia) and Mr. Kwaku Owusu Afriyie (HIRDA, Netherlands) who was also
chosen by Oxfam Novib as the facilitator for the programme. They in general learnt about how Basic Education is carried out in Nigeria and the role civil society organizations can play in the Education For All goal. They also learnt a lot from the Family Life and HIV/AIDS Education (FLHE) programme that was implemented by Education as a Vaccine against Aids (EVA) to provide young people with knowledge, positive attitudes and skills to foster behaviour change and also reduce their risk to HIV/AIDS and other reproducticve complications. Again they learnt about how sports can be used as a tool to reaching out to communities to educate them on the need for girls education. In addition, they got to know how beneficial it is to add to a day-care system in women empowerment centers so as to enable women with babies to also take part in the trainings given at these centers.
The KIC project is part of Oxfam,s initiative to connect all counterparts and affiliates to engage in the active learning and sharing of knowledge with and between counterparts.
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