Within the broader frame of "education for all" this project specifically deals with:

1.       Teacher training to build capacity for community teachers. These teachers have been recruited by Jesuit Service to teach in mini schools in remote villages of Phnom Penh and Siem Reap. Here the population has been dramatically affected by mines or remnants of war or, where the Khmer Rouge remained until 1999, eradication of the whole education system. Trained teachers prefer not to venture into these difficult areas. 

2.       Resourcing mobile libraries in villages where there is no school is a way in which JS raises the literacy capacity of a community, thus developing awareness of social and health issues within that community. We believe Education in these areas is a positive step towards alleviating poverty and illiteracy.

Key objectives

• Continue the training and support of 35 teachers who teach in JS mini schools and 30 librarians who take care of mobile libraries created by Jesuit Service.

• Continue to achieve a higher number of poor, talented students successfully completing grades 1-6 and proceeding to middle and high school education.

• Continue to improve the quality of education delivered.

• Maintain and improve the mobile libraries so that villagers and children will have greater access to literacy materials and village based advocacy on health and social issues, thus becoming more capacitated and empowered.