Mozambique Assessment Children and Youth Renamo Zones

As Mozambique moved towards peace, of particular concern were children who had been drafted into the military. Creative provided an assessment that defined and located groups of vulnerable children in the RENAMO Zones and identified resources and constraints to reaching them, outlining measures to achieve program goals given available resources and constraints. The report examined information, assessed existing procedures, programs and institutions and made recommendations for unaccompanied children and youth with experience in war....
 

Morocco/Training for Development Project (TFD)

Started in 1991 to reinforce Morocco's in-country training capacity and to improve managerial and technical skills for economic development and private sector expansion, the USAID-funded Training for Development Project was amended in 1995 to provide technical and material assistance and training to the Ministry of National Education in order to help ensure improved educational services and programs in rural areas--particularly to improve the retention of rural girls in schools. ...
 

Morocco/Morocco Education for Girls (MEG)

In a country where only a third of rural girls are enrolled in primary schools, the Morocco Education for Girls project, designed and managed by Creative and funded by USAID, worked to correct this imbalance by improving educational quality through teacher training, increased community participation and improved management. Moroccan government data show that the project affected the education of one million children and assisted with education reforms....
 

Middle East Partnership Initiative (MEPI)/Oman & Algeria

Creative worked with the State Department’s Middle East Partnership Initiative and host country Ministries of Education to make schools in Algeria and Oman more dynamic places for children to learn and develop skills they need to thrive as citizens. The MEPI team conducted capacity-building trainings and built partnerships with ministries to identify priorities for reforms that result in sustainable education programs. The program complemented the governments’ commitments to reforming their education systems....
 

Malawi/Social Mobilization Campaign for Girls` Attainment in Basic Literacy and Education

Creative conducted a social mobilization campaign in Malawi designed to change the attitudes and behaviors of the community--particularly parents with school-age girls--about girls' primary school enrollment and retention. Creative’s approach built on a process where Ministry of Education heads, local development organizations, businesses, parents and the community were actively involved in pinpointing barriers to girls' education, identifying and developing culturally appropriate messages and implementing the campaign....
 

Malawi/Girls` Attainment in Basic Literacy and Education– Policy, Planning & Curriculum (GABLE PPC)

Creative supported Malawi in its efforts to upgrade the quality of primary education by improving planning, policy and curriculum. This assistance was provided through the USAID-funded Girls' Attainment in Basic Literacy and Education-- Policy, Planning, and Curriculum project to increase girls’ attainment in primary education. Creative helped strengthen the capacity of Ministry of Education staff to analyze existing policies, revise the civic education curriculum and develop plans for sustainable improvements in primary education....