Welcome to our school! Please visit!Here is a clue about The Gugu Community Development and Building Association, in Cairo, Egypt.
The GCDBA (established in 2003) is a non-political association. It is a grassroots community association run by refugees for refugees.
The town of Maadi (about 30 minutes outsideof Cairo) has a population of approximately 4,000 Sudanese refugees. From these 4,000, about 45% are children from 1 to 17 years old. We are eager to solve the education problem facing our community. Our school is now serving about 285 children school-aged children from our community.
GCDBA has three main objectives:
* improving education for refugee children
* eradicating childhood illiteracy
* improving adult education, women’s activities and cultural events for refugees.
GuGu Learning center is designed for daycare, KG, primary school, adult education and women’s activities.
There are many single mothers in our community that require daycare. Our
daycare center was created to give mothers (and families) a safe & educational alternative to leaving their children at home. At daycare, we provide children with basic education so that they will be ready for primary school.
In our community, there are few affordable, educational alternatives, so we place great importance on serving as many refugee children as possible. Without GCDBA, many refugee children would grow up without ever attending school. This is the main reason that the founding members were interested in creating a school—to give children a chance at a better future and way of life.
We find beginning the day with a healthy meal gives everyone a good start to the day. So, each morning at 8 a.m., the GCDBA’s morning-shift students (grades 1 to 3) walk to school and enjoy breakfast together.
GCDBA has three main objectives:
* improving education for refugee children
* eradicating childhood illiteracy
* improving adult education, women’s activities and cultural events for refugees.
GuGu Learning center is designed for daycare, KG, primary school, adult education and women’s activities.
There are many single mothers in our community that require daycare. Our
daycare center was created to give mothers (and families) a safe & educational alternative to leaving their children at home. At daycare, we provide children with basic education so that they will be ready for primary school.
In our community, there are few affordable, educational alternatives, so we place great importance on serving as many refugee children as possible. Without GCDBA, many refugee children would grow up without ever attending school. This is the main reason that the founding members were interested in creating a school—to give children a chance at a better future and way of life.
We find beginning the day with a healthy meal gives everyone a good start to the day. So, each morning at 8 a.m., the GCDBA’s morning-shift students (grades 1 to 3) walk to school and enjoy breakfast together.
When GCDBA first began, in 2003, we only offered daycare and kindergarten, but starting in 2005, we opened our school. The school’s popularity within the community was unbelievable! Our first year, we were able to serve 285 students. Due to our limited size, we serve the younger children in the morning shift and the older children (grades 4-7) in the afternoon shift. This allows us to make the best use of our facility and serve the most children possible. Without our teachers, we would not be able to take such good care of our students.
Our teachers come from many different African cultures, but the majority of our teachers are Sudanese refugees.
As we are a school working with a very small budget, we also rely heavily on our volunteers, donations (financially or in-kind) and other forms of aid. If you are able to assist us in any way, please get in touch with us. We would love to show you around our school!
Even if you have just an hour a week, you can make a difference! We hope to see you soon!
Our teachers come from many different African cultures, but the majority of our teachers are Sudanese refugees.
As we are a school working with a very small budget, we also rely heavily on our volunteers, donations (financially or in-kind) and other forms of aid. If you are able to assist us in any way, please get in touch with us. We would love to show you around our school!
Even if you have just an hour a week, you can make a difference! We hope to see you soon!
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