Offline Learning Corner for Displaced Children

Adikentibay Complete Primary School, Shire, Tigray

A shared learning space where displaced children watch Meskot's video lessons in Tigrinya, with no internet needed.

Children at wooden desks in a corrugated-iron learning space at Adikentibay, Shire, their teacher at the blackboard

Why here

Many displaced children at Adikentibay have missed months or years of school. Few have books, internet or a device at home, and electricity is often interrupted. Our lessons exist, but these children have had no way to use them.

How it works

A television plays our lessons directly from USB drives. Three afternoons a week, children come in small grade groups, guided by a local teacher with support from community volunteers. During power cuts, they work with printed worksheets instead. The corner will serve about 100–150 children, ages 6–14.

The gate and path into the grounds of Adikentibay Complete Primary School, with temporary learning spaces beyond

Teachers and Meskot team members seated in a circle outdoors at the school, papers in hand, as one man speaks

The lessons

Meskot has produced 292 video lessons in Tigrinya, made with local teachers and following the Tigray regional curriculum. Here are a few of them:

The team

Desta M. Abreha, Founder and Managing Director, grew up in Shire and founded Meskot after returning from the Mandela Washington Fellowship in 2019. Mikael Kiros, our on-site coordinator, lives in Shire year-round and works with the school day to day.

Updates

The corner is being prepared now. Photos and updates will be posted here as it opens.

Questions? Contact us at: info@meskot.org