2010) while they are facing severe constraints: poor quality of infrastructure and poor
connection to drinking water, lack of developmental equipment and educational tools,
irregular subsidies.
With regard to street children, the provision of services is slightly better known following the
completion in 2009 of a "mapping of actors working in the area of care of street children". To
date, 14 centres dedicated to these children had been identified, mostly located in Brazzaville
and Pointe-Noire. The two most active structures are Espace Jarrot, managed by the
Congregation of the Holy Ghost Fathers in Brazzaville and the Samu Social of Pointe Noire
(SSPN). The International Solidarity Association (ASI) in Brazzaville and Pointe-Noire, as
well as the Centre Madre Morano of Salesian Sisters of Pointe-Noire that only supports
vulnerable girls.
As part of a project launched by UNICEF in 2005, the capacity of government and
nongovernmental actors involved in the care of street children have been strengthened,
including through the establishment of an appropriate package of services, of care standards
and training. Despite encouraging results, particularly in terms of family and social
reintegration of children, the state has not sufficiently taken ownership of the project for it to
become fully effective.
Today, the impact and quality of services remain low due to many shortcomings: lack of
formalised partnership (agreement, grant) between non-governmental stakeholders and the
Ministry of Social Affairs, lack of specialised staff (psychologists, social workers, outreach
workers, addiction and dependence specialists), lack of a detoxification centre, weak
stakeholder network activities on the phenomenon of street children (REIPER).
6. Education, leisure and cultural activities
The Committee of Experts’ concerns on the health and well being of children revolve around
5 areas:
a) Education, including vocational training and guidance (Article 11);
b) Leisure, recreation and cultural activities (Article 12)
6.1. Education
6.1.1. Background and sectoral policy
The last two decades have been marked by a willingness to rethink the development of the
education sector in accordance with the objectives to which the country subscribed at
international level (Education for All- EFA, Millennium Development Goals, MDGs) and at
National level (Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper- PRSP, National Development Plan-SNAT
and Social Project of the Head of State (The Way to the future).
Thus, with the support of the World Bank and UNESCO, the government conducted a
comprehensive diagnosis of the entire education sector, which resulted in the production in
January 2007 of a Situation Report on the national education system (RESEN). This
document, which calls for a renewed reflection towards adjustments in educational policy,
analysis, in the context of the economic and demographic conditions of the country, the
coverage and efficiency of the education system, the financial, internal efficiency and the
quality of services provided, the external efficiency, equity and distribution aspects,
administrative and educational management.
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