Opening Akhtarin and Sharan Schools

October 29, 2021

After the waves of displacement and forced migration of many of the people of the Syrian governorates towards the border areas and cities in the north of Syria, due to the relative safety of these areas and the availability of some basic services, the population density resulting from this displacement revealed the deficit in many service sectors and infrastructure for the areas of northern Syria. And it is worth mentioning that the most important sectors, in which the deficit rate has reached an amount that requires a rapid intervention by community organizations and charities, is the educational sector.

Kuwait and Supporting Education in Syria

As our brothers in the State of Kuwait are accustomed to us, they provided relief to their Syrian families, whether inside Syria or in the countries of asylum, with their permanent standing and their rapid intervention. The Ministry of Awqaf and Islamic Affairs in the State of Kuwait, after doing a field study and survey of the education sector accomplished by the Beyaz Eller Association, directed the construction of new schools to accommodate the large number of our students. After a year of continuous work and challenging obstacles, two schools have opened in the Northern Syria, as the first in Sharan district in the Olive Branch area and the second in Akhtarin area in the Euphrates Shield area.

Description of the School Construction Project

The project was based on the construction of two schools, the first in the Sharan district - the Olive Branch area - and the second in the Akhtarin area - the Euphrates Shield area in the northern countryside of Aleppo. Each of these two schools consists of two floors and includes thirteen classrooms and four administrative rooms, and it is equipped with the requirements of chairs, boards, teaching aids, and other school and administrative equipment. The capacity of each school will be approximately 700 students divided into two morning and evening shifts.

Technical Specifications for Each School

The land area is 1,425 m2, consisting of two floors, as the area of each floor is 425 m2, and the total covered area of the building is 850 m2. The number of rooms consists of 13 classrooms and 3 administrative rooms. The dimensions of the classroom are 7 x 5 m, with an area of 34 m 2. Sanitary facilities consist of 10 bathrooms and 8 washbasins. The aim of these activities is advancement of the educational status in the region and the ensuring that our children have their right to learn in schools which are providing an effective learning environment by contributing to build regular schools that guarantee the child’s right to learn in an appropriate educational environment with the aim of keeping students in a regular status within schools by preventing them from dropping out due to the lack of schools or the large number of the students. The contribution for returning students who have dropped out of their schools to where they belong, and the biggest objective is to help the teachers to continue their scientific rule, which is the objective that they have mastered and dedicated their lives to.

Beyaz Eller Association and Education

One of the main objectives of the Beyaz Eller Association is to achieve sustainability in the field of education and build the educated generation who is capable of building the future, and for this noble objective we are working to build partnerships with organizations and bodies which are working and supporting the education sectors in orded to work on building a safe and sustainable educational environment to move forward in building the future generation.