Category Archives: Schools
Jalwar: Illiteracy “inevitable” for students with learning difficulties
There are over 200 hundred children from the three villages in the Jalwar municipality. Lack of facilities means classes include children of varied ages and abilities, including those with special educational needs. Continue reading
Failed Educational Reform in Mauritania
An education reform program in Mauritania emphasized getting more girls into school through awareness campaigns, school improvements, and teacher training.
What went wrong?
Clearly these initiatives are not helping the most impoverished rural schools. Another military coup, a government racked by division, and spiralling accusations of corruption at all levels has taken its toll on all sectors of society, including the education system. That is why this campaign aims to collect funds and place them directly in the hands of the teaching staff. Continue reading
Campaign Launch for Leksseiba Primary School
Welcome to the website for Madrassa Aid project to campaign and raise funds to help rural schools in Mauritania. There are many small rural schools in Mauritania, and their presence is vital to the communities they serve. But in these difficult times, there … Continue reading


