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Family Photo during MCC Vice President John Hewko visit
Bright Schools Handover Ceremony
Millennium Challenge Corporation Vice President John Hewko and Ambassador Jackson formally transferred 132 primary school complexes to MEBA at a ceremony in Katchari-Dori on Oct 30. To support education of young girls in Burkina Faso, MCC provided $13.1 million for the program called “BRIGHT” (Burkinabe Response to Improve Girls Changes to Succeed). The program was managed by USAID and carried out by a consortium of NGOs: Plan International and Catholic Relief Services constructed the schools; FAWE and Tin Tua provided mothers’ training, sensitization and other programs. Currently, 17,164 children are enrolled in the schools, of which 9,282 are girls. Mr. Hewko announced that the recently-signed MCC Compact includes $28 million for a second phase of BRIGHT to add more classrooms, teacher lodging and other facilities to the 132 complexes.
