RESPECT International Blog

Alexandria Elementary School in Guinea, West Africa is just one of the schools in the country dedicated to providing refugee students with an education.  Established by the UNHCR and the International Rescue Committee in September 2001.  The school is currently attended by 557 students.  They have three buildings, consisting of twelve classrooms and provide lessons from ABC through to class six.  The subjects taught include English, French, Maths, Science, Social Studies and Health.

RESPECT International is working with this and other refugee schools in Guinea to make education available to as many refugee students as possible.  To ensure, despite the disruption to their lives, that they have aspirations for the future and the means to persue them.

Also, the Letter Exchange Program seeks to educate non-refugee students about refugee issues by one-to-one correspondence with refugee students.  This lets people in countries such as Canada, USA, Spain and UK understand what life is like as a refugee.  Also, it allows refugees to learn what life is like in these countries and gives them hope for the future.  In fact the Letter Exchange Program has encouraged a number of refugees to further their education at colleges and universities in countries like USA.

Alexandria Elementary School provides a vital service to the refugee community in Guinea and with international links that organisations such as RESPECT provide them with they can offer great opportunities to children whose lives have been disrupted by violence and war.