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Caribbean volcano: thousands of children need urgent action on education Format UNICEF / Garraway © “We made it out just in time,” said Meddesha Johnson, pictured with one-month old daughter Emily at a shelter after been evacuated from their home on St Vincent Theirworld and Education Cannot Wait have called for schooling to be prioritised in relief efforts following eruptions on the island of St Vincent. The international community must act urgently to ensure that children affected by vol...

Refuge in Education: Learning Spaces for Displaced Rohingya Children Cox’s Bazar Rohingya Refugee Camp had one of the highest rates of children out of school DHAKA (IPS): Although learning centres in Cox’s Bazar Kutupalong Refugee Camp are closed because of the COVID-19 pandemic, Mariom Akhter, a Rohingya mother of four, is grateful not only for the schooling her children have had but the training sessions she as a parent was able to attend. The skills she learnt has helped her assist her ...

AP Photo Global Citizen AsksDefeat Poverty What Will It Take to Get All Children Back to School Despite COVID-19? Education Cannot Wait’s Madge Thomas weighs in on how we can end the global education crisis. Why Global Citizens Should Care An estimated 1.5 billion school children have experienced barriers to education as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. Additionally, millions of children have dropped out of school and risk never returning without action. The United Nations...

One year into the COVID-19 pandemic, emergency education programmes supported by Education Cannot Wait are providing hope and protection to girls and boys in over 30 emergencies and protracted crises world-wide NEW YORK, Mar 11 2021 - As the world marks the one-year anniversary of the COVID-19 pandemic on 11 March 2021, initial progress reports on Education Cannot Wait’s (ECW) COVID-19 emergency responses to date show that the Fund and its partners have already reached over 9 million vulnerab...

COVID-19 education response: Education Cannot Wait and partners reach over 9 million vulnerable children and youth Format One year into the COVID-19 pandemic, emergency education programmes supported by Education Cannot Wait are providing hope and protection to girls and boys in over 30 emergencies and protracted crises world-wide 10 March 2021, New York - As the world marks the one-year anniversary of the COVID-19 pandemic on 11 March 2021, initial progress reports on Education Cannot Waits (E...

Launch of the Geneva Global Hub for Education in Emergencies – a Catalyst for Change Format 25 January 2021, Geneva – Education Cannot Wait (ECW), the Global Education Cluster (GEC), the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), the Inter-agency Network for Education in Emergencies (INEE), Switzerland, UNICEF, the University of Geneva, UNESCO and UNHCR are delighted to announce the launch of the Geneva Global Hub for Ed...

Looking back upon 2020, we all bear the scars of a devastating year; none so much as girls and boys around the world. The COVID-19 pandemic disrupted education for over 1.6 billion children and youth

Yasmine Sherif, Director of Education Cannot Wait NEW YORK, Dec 23 2020 - As Mohammed, a Palestine refugee with impaired vision who attends a specialized UNRWA programme for children with disabilities, told us during our mission to Lebanon a week ago: “I was worried. I was worried that I could not continue my education because the programme was going to be cut. Now I have hope that I can continue to study and make my dream come true.” As 2020 comes to a close and we reflect on Education C...

By PRESS RELEASE As the world marks the one-year anniversary of the COVID-19 pandemic on 11 March 2021, initial progress reports on Education Cannot Wait’s (ECW) COVID-19 emergency responses to date show that the Fund and its partners have already reached over 9 million vulnerable girls and boys in the midst of the worst education crisis of our lifetime. Nujeen Mustafa is a Syrian refugee, youth advocate and champion for children with disabilities for the UN Refugee Agency. At just s...

In response to the armed conflict and escalating humanitarian crisis in North-east Nigeria that has left over one million girls and boys in need of educational support, Education Cannot Wait (ECW) yesterday announced US$20.1 million in catalytic investment grants to accelerate the response to the protracted crisis. The initial programme will run for three years, with the goal of leveraging an additional US$98.7 million in co-financing from national and global partners, the private sector and ph...