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$700,000 programme to rehabilitate schools in Merka

    NAIROBI

    The European Commission (EC) has launched a US $700,000 two-year primary education programme in Merka, southern Somalia, to assist in the physical rehabilitation of five schools and the institutional development of a school administration system for the town. "The revitalisation of this sector, devastated by the civil war, will prove crucial to the peaceful development of the country," said Duarte de Carvalho, counsellor of the EC/Somalia Unit, in a press statement. "We must recover Somalia’s lost
    generations by ensuing comprehensive and sustainable education systems throughout the country." The programme is being implemented by the Italian NGO, COSV, in close partnership with teacher and parent committees, which are contributing 15 percent of the costs.

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