UNICEF: Programme increases school enrollment in Mauritania

NEW YORK, USA, 1 October 2008 Mariem Saidou Sall, 11, is in sixth grade at the Sarandougou School in the remote and poor Brakna Region of Mauritania. Like most of her friends and neighbours in the village, she rides the bus to school every morning.

The bus is provided as part of a UNICEF-backed programme that supports quality basic education for all, with an emphasis on girls education. The long distances from home to school, which are often unsafe to walk alone, can prevent girls from going to school.

UNICEF has given us pens and pencils, exercise books, folders and clean water, said Mariem, who receives her supplies through a local cooperative. The Sarandougou School is very nice now.

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Education

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• UNICEF
• Mauritania
• school
• children
• girls
• Sarandougou
• UNESCO