Mme Marie Odile Bounkoungou, Minister of Primary Education and Literacy receives demands from a blind student in Ouagadougou.  The Minister promised to improve training for teachers at schools for children with disabilities.

April 28, 2006  March:  Over 5,000 students and teachers march to Nation Square in the capital city of Ouagadougou to demand quality teaching.

April 28, 2006  March: Teachers and students alike carried forward messages during the national march to convey their demands for better quality teaching in Burkina Faso.

Spontaneous Theatre Forum in Dori:  An open-air participatory theatre forum (encouraging participants from the audience to act in the play) was organised in front of the town hall.  The theme of the forum was ‘girls schooling’.

Parade:  Leaders of the EFA movement in Liberia head up a parade through the streets of Monrovia to demand that the government employ and train more female teachers.

Pop Mob and Communications:  Posters, T-shirts and other communications materials are a key part of GWA and important media for getting the message across, as seen here in Liberia.

Famous Malian singer Baba Salah hosts the GWA kick-off event in Gao Mali, promising to dedicate a song to the cause of EFA for the GWA 2007 edition.  He is officially named the Gao EFA Ambassador!

Mme Barakissa, Principal of Inthaca Public School (and only female principal in the area) makes her demands known to the Mayor and the Prefect.

The mother of a student in Intillit makes her demands to the Mayor and the Prefect

The Governor of Gao Region, Colonel Amadou Baba Touré, commits to improving the teacher-student ratio (currently 58:1 with 180 students in one class) at Sossokoïra School in Gao town.

GWA Closing Ceremony, Gao:  A children’s theatre troupe in Gao performs a sketch depicting the problems encountered by teachers in their daily work. 

April 27, 2006  Politicians Go Back to School:  The Minister Responsible for Institutional Relations and the Government Spokesperson, Mr. Mohamed Ben Omar (right) visits Sarykoubou primary school on the outskirts of Niamey and talks to school principal Hamidou Adamou to learn about the problems at this school, built out of straw.

Students at Aouta Public School in Dosso welcome the Governor to their school in a ceremony as part of GWA activities.

Students at Aouta Public School in Dosso make their demands for enough trained teachers to the Governor at a ceremony as part of GWA activities.

The Big Hearing:  Grade 4 student, Oumou, reads her demands for a better quality education.  She is flanked by Balkissa and Mariama from the 2005 campaign « Send My Friend to School » who are now enrolled in school in Niamey.

April 29, 2006  The Big Hearing:  The Minister for Higher Education, Mr. Ousmane Galadima, responds to civil society’s concerns for more teachers.  On the podium are representatives from the Niger education coalition.