الجمعة، 29 سبتمبر 2017

success story - Beginning of the Road



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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