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UN and Partners Called to Act Urgently with Education in Emergencies at Summit

Select a language for our global siteShare this page:A refugee scholar living in Uganda talks about the importance of working together to keep children in school, where they can be safe, happy and fulfilled. By Opira Bosco Okot | 14 September 2022 | Español A South Sudanese refugee student attends primary school in a refugee settlement in Uganda. © UNHCR/Jjumba

Yasmine Sherif, Director of Education Cannot Wait said that the number of children and youth in armed conflict, has increased from 75 million to 222 million “over the past four or five years only.” UNIFEED

NEW YORK CITY: Today, 222 million young people living in regions affected by wars and disasters — in Africa, Asia, the Middle East, and South America — are without access to uninterrupted or quality education. According to analysis by Education Cannot Wait, the UN global fund for education in emergencies and protracted crises, 78.2 million of these children are not in school,

Education fund director says nearly 80 million children have never set foot in a classroom.

UNITED NATIONS: From Pakistan to Ukraine to Venezuela to vast stretches of sub-Saharan Africa, rising crises and climate disasters are taking an added toll on the most vulnerable — children deprived of school. “It is horrendous, and it’s hard to imagine,” said Yasmine Sherif, head of Education Cannot Wait, a UN fund that focuses on education in crisis zones. “They’ve lost

From Pakistan to Ukraine to Venezuela to vast stretches of sub-Saharan Africa, rising crises and climate disasters are taking an added toll on the most

In crisis zones, an urgent UN push to put millions in school

Suicide bombings shattered Aisha Khurram’s school, and her university was attacked by terrorists – but this never shook her determination to be educated.