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It is estimated that
95% of the population of the Niassa
province is illiterate. There are few
schools in the area and those in existence
are often understaffed with class sizes
sometimes over 100 pupils per teacher.
MCO’s primary goals are to build schools,
hire competent educators and provide
students with the books and supplies
they need to improve their learning
experience. Funds will be raised to
build schools, first within Niassa,
to support K-12 primary education of
children in villages that we have a
relationship. MCO will hire local people
to clear the land and then build and
maintain the school facility.
The school curriculum will address the
basics of reading, writing and arithmetic
in a way that ties in to the need for
conservation and protection of the local
environment. This will stem the tide
not only of illiteracy, but also of
the dependence on poaching to survive.
By empowering local people with knowledge
of conservation, protection of the animals
and their habitats and providing the
training necessary to accomplish the
task, MCO will help create jobs for
the immediate populations and for future
generations. The second phase of the
MCO plan will offer higher education
scholarships to qualifying students.
By giving them an opportunity to study
at home or abroad, they can return to
the province and continue to improve
it as professionals in education, engineering,
farming and tourism. Consequently, the
area will progress and achieve self-sufficiency
in years to come.
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