ACCIÓN SOCIAL – Gigi Hadid compartió fotos de su visita a Senegal con UNICEF

Gigi Hadid  compartió fotos sobre su visita a Senegal, África de la mano con UNICEF para brindar apoyo a los más necesitados.

La visita del modelo de 24 años, Gigi Hadid, se centró en las áreas programáticas centrales de UNICEF, incluida la protección, el empoderamiento de los adolescentes, la educación y el agua, el saneamiento y la higiene.

En este sentido, Gigi viajó por primera vez a Dakar para visitar La Maison Rose, un albergue para niñas y mujeres que necesitan seguridad de El Fondo de las Naciones Unidas para la Infancia.

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Our first stops this morning were to two UNICEF supported schools, one “urban” pre-school in Kolda and one village elementary school outside the city. The most impactful support from UNICEF for these schools is the teacher training and provided educational materials like “School-in-a-Box” (pictured). For the elementary schools in the villages, there are less kids and not enough teachers, so training includes teachers learning to handle dual-grade classes while still maintaining quality education. Previously, pre-school was something that only high-income families had access to. Studies show that children here who start at this level are more likely to go further with their schooling, but only 17% of children here have access to and attend a pre-school. As well early development education, French is introduced to their local dialect in pre-school, so they are up to date linguistically and more developed mentally and educationally when they enter elementary school. Because this prevents early school-dropouts and significantly improves learning outcome, it is important that community leaders spread awareness of where pre-schools are accessible (regardless of the families’ economic status), and educating parents on the importance of putting their child in school early; UNICEF is supporting rural communities in setting up their own local pre-schools and encouraging district education government in setting up pre-schools within elementary schools that already exist. The Education Chief’s main goal is equity and quality of education for these children. In the village elementary school, three classrooms accommodate about 180 children; this is where we were explained the major need for UNICEF funded teacher dual-grade training. At this time, 110 teachers have been trained (leaders say they are planning on training 180 more) in the surrounding areas of Kolda so that it is possible for the 286 multi-grade classes to function and educate as many children as possible.

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Después de esto, la joven se movió hasta Kolda, una ciudad en el sur de Senegal, en donde visitó las escuelas pre y primarias donde está UNICEF trabajando para combatir las tasas de deserción tanto en la ciudad como en las aldeas circundantes.

«Las mujeres jóvenes que conocí en el centro juvenil me recordaron que la herramienta más poderosa que todos tenemos es nuestra voz», compartió Gigi «Ya sea que estemos pidiendo ayuda o utilizándola para difundir la conciencia, una sola voz, una historia, puede cambiar la vida de muchos».

Finalmente, Hadid comentó que gracias a este proyecto pudo comprender mejor el trabajo que UNICEF está haciendo todos los días en el mundo, comentando «Incluso en los lugares más difíciles de alcanzar, UNICEF está utilizando la innovación, la tecnología y las intervenciones dirigidas por la comunidad para dar a cada niño la oportunidad de prosperar».

Redacción Gossipvzla con información de Daily Mail