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Created in 2003 and officially recognized by the Central African government in 2006, Ahdieh Foundation aims to promote quality education for the children of the country by providing training to teachers and supporting the development of community schools. In 2013, the Ministry of Education of the Central African Republic and the Ahdieh Foundation signed an agreement granting official recognition to all schools created with the organization’s support.

Some of these primary schools are among the best performing on national exams. In addition to academic excellence, the balance between theory and practice and the emphasis on moral development and community service reinforces the quality of the education provided. Moreover, these schools are not limited to providing education to children. Other programs aimed at improving community life, particularly in the areas of agriculture and health are also emerging. Thus, in the words of one administrator of the foundation, the school becomes a “framework that allows the entire population to learn…, a centre of light, a centre that diffuses learning and promotes the emergence of unity, a centre that enables the village to feel responsible for its own destiny.”

Ahdieh Foundation has been supported by Unity Foundation since 2010, and since 2018, this collaboration has extended to its two other lines of action: the Preparation for Social Action (PSA) program and the training center. The PSA program has been used for several years during teacher training to increase knowledge and develop intellectual capacities of teachers as well as those of the members of school management committees. In addition to this, Ahdieh is now seeking to support the establishment of PSA groups for youth and adults around the schools.

Finally, the foundation’s training center builds the capacity of six other organizations working in the field of education in Côte d’Ivoire, Democratic Republic of Congo, Republic of Congo, and Chad, and ensures the capitalization of the learning that emerges in these seven French-speaking African countries about the development of community schools.