International Development Grant
My Education My Future: Supporting Burundian Refugee Girls’ Right to Education
Project Number: CA-3-P007232001
Status: Terminating
Country/Region:
Maximum Contribution: $7,661,368.00
Start Date: February 13, 2020
End Date: February 28, 2025
Duration: 5.0 years
Project Description
The project aims to implement a gender-responsive and conflict-sensitive education program for girls affected by the Burundian refugee crisis in Burundi and Tanzania. The project seeks to reduce barriers to education and build resilience among Burundian refugee and returnee girls including those with disabilities on both sides of the Burundi-Tanzanian border. The project also aims to develop and test a new model of conflict-sensitive play-based and gender-responsive alternative learning which supports teenage girls including adolescent mothers and girls with disabilities to access alternative forms of education and re-enter the school system. Project activities include: (1) improving the quality of learning environments in refugee camps to provide gender-responsive supportive and participatory learning; (2) establishing support mechanisms for teachers and training them on gender-responsive and inclusive Play-Based Learning (PBL); (3) increasing community engagement through leaders coaches and parents to reduce barriers that are preventing education for girls including those with disabilities; and (4) supporting girls clubs and peer groups to develop knowledge and skills in and out of school. The project works in partnership with the Norwegian Refugee Council an independent humanitarian organization working in more than 30 countries to help people forced to flee helping to save lives and rebuilding futures. The project leverages Right to Play’s unique and proven gender-responsive PBL methodology and the Norwegian Refugee Council’s experience and expertise in conflict-sensitive education.
Expected Results
The expected outcomes for this project include: (1) increased equitable access to inclusive safe and gender-responsive play-based education for girls including those with disabilities in targeted communities; and (2) improved innovative protective and gender-responsive play-based learning in basic education for girls including those with disabilities in targeted communities.
Progress & Results Achieved
Results achieved at the end of the project (March 2025) include: (1) 46 000 children (aged 6 to 17) across Burundi and Tanzania exceeding the target of 31 505 benefited from the project’s inclusive safe and gender-responsive education. Re-enrolment of out-of-school children exceeded expectations with 254 more children than targeted (target: 198) returning to school in Burundi including 231 girls and 23 boys supported by strong community outreach and support measures; and (2) learning in basic education improved significantly as demonstrated by gains in reading proficiency and life skills. In Tanzania reading proficiency rose from 12.5% to 34.6% with 34.67% of boys and 34.52% of girls achieving minimum proficiency. In Burundi progress was more modest with 24.71% of girls and 15.15% of boys reaching proficiency. Across both countries over 65% of children demonstrated improved life skills far exceeding the project target of 35%.
Key Information
Executing Agency:
Right To Play International
Reporting Organization:
Global Affairs Canada
Program:
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Last Modified:
September 19, 2025
Development Classifications
DAC Sector:
Aid Type: Project-type interventions
Collaboration: Bilateral
Finance Type: Aid grant excluding debt reorganisation
Selection Mechanism:
Call for Proposals