Insurgency: Borno, Adamawa, Yobe get $20 million to boost education Insurgency: Borno, Adamawa, Yobe get $20 million to boost education
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The Federal Government, on Tuesday, officially flagged off the implementation of the $20 million accelerated funding grant given by the Global Partnership for Education (GPE) for education in an emergency in Nigeria.
The grant was secured by the Federal Government to support the three North-Eastern states of Borno, Adamawa and Yobe, where education architecture has been ravaged by activities of the insurgents.
Minister of Education, Malam Adamu Adamu, who flagged off the implementation of the grant in Abuja, explained that the fund was meant to address the gaps in delivering education in emergency and inequities existing within the education sector in each of the BAY (Borno, Adamawa and Yobe States).
UNICEF funds ERCS to strengthen emergency humanitarian response
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Ethiopian Red Cross Society in collaboration with United Nation Children Fund (UNICEF) delivered Birr 1.2 Million emergency humanitarian assistance to children and mothers exposed by the conflict in the northern part of Ethiopia.
With the support, ERCS reached out 6500 breast feeding moms and children under age 5 particularly Internally Displaced People (IDP) in western Tigray, North Gondor, Shire and Mekelle. The humanitarian supply includes drinking water, essential medicines and nutrition services.
Aiming to ease people’s suffering, ERCS with its partners has been providing lifesaving humanitarian assistance to those most affected by the conflict in Tigray. Strengthening collaboration, ERCS and UNICEF are stretching their humanitarian effort and reaching out conflict affected people specifically in Metekel, and Konso.
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