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Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) – Parliamentarians from a wide range of countries have formally adopted the Geneva Declaration on Education in Emergencies and Protracted Crises during a high-level event at the Education Cannot Wa

Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - Persistent and growing insecurity in Africa's Sahel region, the Lake Chad Basin and the Democratic Republic of Congo has forced nearly 12,400 schools in eight West and Central African countri

Education includes mental health and psychosocial support

Mental Health as a Human Right Left Behind for Children in Fragile and Humanitarian Settings

Yasmine Sherif, Executive Director of Education Cannot Wait, calls for generous support for mental health services for children living in crisis situations.

On Tuesday, Education Cannot Wait (ECW), the United Nations global fund for education in emergencies and protracted crises, issued its Annual Results Report, which revealed that despite global upheaval, the fund and partners have continued to expand their response.

Helen Grant MP visited Jordan from 18 to 22 June 2022 to see the UK’s work on improving access and quality of education for vulnerable boys and girls.

AMMAN —  The British Prime Minister’s Special Envoy on Girls’ Education MP Helen Grant visited Jordan between June 18 and 22 to see the UK’s work on improving access and quality of education for vulnerable boys and girls and their longstanding partnership with the Ministry of Education, according to a British embassy statement. Grant visited a multiple UK-funded education

Insecurity from climate crises perceived as risk with most severe consequences

Supporting Pastoralism and Agriculture in Recurrent and Protracted Crises (SPARC) has established a panel of households for regular interviews in Somalia, including Somaliland and Puntland. Because there were forecasts of poor first rains in 2021 in parts of the Horn of Africa, following on from poor second rains in 2020, the risk of a drought crisis was heightened. This opened a window of opportunity for a real-time learning exercise, which could be useful for the future design of anticipatory ...