SCHOOL NAME: Beata-Mariam Primary School Arae

DISTRICT: Irob

YEAR OF ESTABLISHMENT: 1982 G.C.

BENEFICIARIES: 2200

Beata-Mariam Primary School Arae is in Irob district. Arae is one of the remotest areas of the Woreda, (or district) about 35 km far from the center of the Woreda (i.e.5hours walk) bordering the Afar regional state on the east.

Eastern Tigray where most of our diocesan schools are located is somewhat semiarid mountainous region and is densely populated. The land is eroded and degraded, and the rains are scarce and notoriously unreliable. The entire population lives in poverty. The availability of land for farming is very limited and the area is too dry to support cultivation, hence the people depend on raising cattle for their means of livelihood. Food insecurity and poverty are widely spread in the area. The occupation of the majority of the people is beekeeping, and raising cattle. That was why the Catholic Church had built the school ofBeata-Mariam Primary School Arae in order to enable the people to make the best of a bad situation and to improve quality of life.

The school has contributed a lot to the community by giving formal education according to the curriculum and policy of education of the country. Moral education is also given at all grades with the vision: "to establish the kingdom of God through promoting integral human development, focusing on the development of person in general body-soul.

The community appreciates the way the school cultivates the young with academic subjects and above all its commitment to foster the spiritual and moral values of Catholic Church. The basic ideas of Christian ethics are taught and reflected in the day-to-day activities of the school. The school has been teaching and serving to promote peace, justice and love, in the community.

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