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Parents in general and mothers in particular become increasingly involved and spend considerable time at referral centers. Therefore, strategies should be designed to integrate parents more fully into educational activities, which can benefit them and their children.

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The local success of the teams contrasts with the lack of coordination in putting together a national-level awareness campaign and policy network. While the most important work of the project occurs in the engagement with beneficiaries, the lack of coordination among the leadership of the various organizations resulted in some missed opportunities to be more effective.

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A second lesson relates to the larger tension that emerges when there is more focus on effective monitoring than the educational strategies and work with beneficiaries, which the teams see as their primary goal.

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Education and educators should expand the horizons and hopes of children. As development practitioners think more in terms of fostering capacities, the capacity to aspire for a better life should continue to be nurtured.

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This project has contributed greatly to the development of a significant number of teachers and promotores. Strategies for recognizing such talent and making it available for future state or international efforts to improve the educational system are vastly needed.

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Additionally, hiring local and young personnel, like those recruited by the Iquitos team, should be considered a good practice in taking advantage of local knowledge and finding staff that identify with young people

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In identifying VET providers, important to assess distance from child’s home to centre

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Skills training should be more than 3 months (and harmonized with existing timeframes/systems)

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Collaborate with education providers to ensure quality of education

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Awareness raising is crucial particularly to parents because they often influence their children to quit or continue with school