Beginning of the Road
Despite the fatigue and tiredness
and the travel between the four districts of Lahej and Abyan governorates:
(Khanfar, Lodar, Toban and Tor Al-Baha). To provide the services of solar
energy to revive health facilities and schools within the program of Enhanced
Rural Resilience in Yemen implemented by Adawr Organization with the
partnership of UNDP and EU fund. All
that fatigue and efforts mixed with the heat of the sun vanishes and fades when
the smile is put back to the children of the schools in their classrooms, the
cooling fans are running in the classrooms. This is beyond all human feelings.
Our intervention in areas
characterized by heat, those children who suffers as well as the whole society
suffering from the effects of the civil war that broke out before 32 months in
2014 and is still ongoing. Since the target areas in the project ERRY to
provide recovery services using solar-energy to health facilities and schools
because of power outages in all Yemen provinces without exception, where those
areas considered, specifically the governorates of Lahej and Abyan of the
southern provinces that have been freed (liberated) and became desperately need
to revive life there, where electricity is one of the most important needs
recover life as they are the most affected areas from the woes of war.
Here was our intervention by
monitoring the installation and operation of solar energy systems in the most
important two fields health and education as the first stage 2016 as these
systems are the best alternative for the power outage.
Excuse us, we tried in this story to
offer a quick glance as an identifiable prelude for the project and the importance
of the services provided to community, especially in the health and education
from one side, children and students who are at the center of our story on the
other side.
As you may know, the schools are
doing student activities such as morning routine (students podcasting radio) or
sports or cultural. These activities are the foundation for polishing the
creative talents and develop the children's skills, along with the study of the
curriculum. Among these activities is the morning routine of school and radio
morning carried out by students beginning of each school day. Note that the
morning radio contain wisdom, proverbs, poetry, singing, acting and simulation
and other activities that enhance confidence, courage and sharpen up the
talents of students. Many students who were presenters in the school morning
radio or did some activities, after years they became prominent figures whether
in politics or in media, culture and literature and others. As the school is
the first step in forming the character of all those who have become prominent
name deserves recognition and respect.
Unfortunately this basic step has
become endangered of vanishing awfully, although the school radio is not
exceeding 30 minutes a day this is so sad.
After the installation and operation
of solar energy services in schools, we have waited for almost 20 days after
the installation and operating in order to measure the impact and find out what
has been achieved by ERRY services.
We visited Khadija School for girls
in Toban District – Lahej governorate, in which 660 students of all ages
studying there, we surveyed the impressions of students after the installation
of solar energy system at the school. Here was a surprise that the most
important success is to run the school radio through speakers.
We asked the student
"Raja" of the seventh grade about the changes that have taken place
in the school and its environment after operating the solar energy, she simply
answered with the expressions of sadness and pain filled her face, "we have
been deprived doing student activities, creative and receive lessons in new
ways due to lack of electricity even the school morning radio the only activity
have left we carry out without electricity, we couldn't hear from the daily radio presenters anything
because there are no speakers "
She added with expressions of
severity in her face, despite her young age, " the school administration
resorted to address this problem through a small speaker works by
batteries", she continued her talk with the changing of her face lineament
quickly mixed with a smile of irony "the microphone - speaker, which we
used to carry out the school morning radio used street dealers to promote the
sale of potatoes and vegetables in the markets to attract buyers"
We asked "Raja" How did
the school radio become after running solar energy in school?
she replied interactively
"Solar Energy handled a lot of problems so we offer distinct activities of
morning radio due to the availability of electricity and powerful speakers that
can be heard by not only the students in the school, also the local community
near the school."
There was interference from the
student "Rahaf" a friend to "Raja" where she said:
"Solar Energy has restored our joy enjoying the activities of school
morning radio, not only this but also created a suitable learning environment
make us demand the school management to integrate new technologies in education
wither devices or other. Also enhanced our motive to establish students
activities and initiatives and perform graduation ceremonies and others, after
the elimination of the permanent excuse of power outage that was always the
obstacle, which paralyzed all of our proposals and projects. Now this excuse
does not exist because solar energy is turned on. The student can implement
creative activities without the obstacles of electricity
".
Through the dialogue with the
students, we felt that the services provided to schools are important with a
large role in return the smile and activity to students in the schools, we felt
to how extent the students consistently adhering to the continuity of creative
activities which were close to disappear in the majority of schools on light of
the unstable situation and the raging war. This war victimized community in
present time and future.
Psychologist Abraham Maslow said,
"The most important motivation for a person is survival motive". This
is the motivation we saw its intensity flowing from the eyes of these two
students; we were able to read some of hidden things from those eyes.
The most important of these messages
that and despite the pain, agonies and harsh conditions of the war, but we will
continue carry out our activities, creative, even if the image before us is
dark and not clear. We will not allow the war to destroy what we love specially
our skills, our personalities in which school environment is the most important
stage to achieve it.
The second message: the motivation
of survival will dig our depth with hope; we will live our live regardless of
difficulties and obstacles.
Although: the messages of the eyes
were clean and transparent thus there words uttered by the students.
Student ''Rahaf" confirmed that
the service of the solar energy provided to Khadija School enhanced the
survival motivation giving us new chance to revive our activities, we created
not just an ideal educational atmosphere but an atmosphere in which
creativeness and communal participation arrive. Thank you Adwar, thank you UNDP
and thank you EU.
Before ending the exciting dialogue
with "Raja & Rahaf" to give them and their friends a push forward
to survive "when you have the burning desire to success no one can stop
you, desire is the seed of success"
Yes, faith in surviving is based on
motive with burning desire to prove personality, doing creative school
activities is the key of success.
The story of the beginning of the
road with the students of Khadija School ended
but the motive and desire in success does not end not only for
"Raja & Rahaf" even to us the team of ERRY in Adwar Organization.
Beginning of the Road is a success
story
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