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Más de 3.500 docentes se capacitaron en educación inclusiva y género

La presentación de resultados realizada en la Biblioteca Pública, Julio Pérez Ferrero, el pasado 22 de noviembre, en el marco del programa “La educación no puede esperar”, que desde hace tres años viene apoyando los esfuerzos del Ministerio de Educación Nacional, para llegar a más niñas, niños y jóvenes que no asistían a la escuela, fue todo un éxito y llamó la atención de la población cucuteña.

Dentro de su ejecución, tiene como prioridad a personas migrantes y refugiadas provenientes de Venezuela, al igual que el apoyo a la niñez más vulnerable de la comunidad de acogida, con un enfoque especial a personas en condición de discapacidad.

GK

Nia Kali: darle una alternativa a los niños de Isla Trinitaria

Organizaciones como el Comité Permanente para la Defensa de Derechos Humanos (CDH), el Alto Comisionado de las Naciones Unidas para los Refugiados (ACNUR) y Education Cannot Wait (ECW)  han ayudado a financiar el proyecto de capacitación a madres voluntarias para refuerzo escolar por dos años. También entregaron kits escolares e insumos educativos y trabajaron juntos en iniciativas de asistencia a personas con casos de vulnerabilidad médica, psicológica, alimenticia. También colaboraron con quienes les faltaba dinero para pagar el alquiler, entre otras causas que Santos ha encontrado en el barrio.

Lasvolta

WeWorld: «650 milioni di donne obbligate a sposarsi prima dei 18 anni»

WeWorld si impegna a promuovere e proteggere il diritto all’Educazione di bambine e ragazze in tutto il mondo, soprattutto nei contesti più fragili: facciamo parte della rete ChildFund Alliance, che supporta bambini, bambine e le loro famiglie a contrastare la povertà e a poter sviluppare tutto il proprio potenziale; della coalizione Campagna Globale per l’Educazione, con la quale abbiamo chiesto all’Italia di difendere e promuovere il diritto all’Educazione anche in contesti di emergenza e crisi protratte, attraverso un primo contributo di almeno 15 milioni di euro (3,75 l’anno) totali per i prossimi 4 anni a Education Cannot Wait, il fondo globale delle Nazioni Unite per l’istruzione nelle emergenze e nelle crisi protratte. Solo nel 2021, Education Cannot Wait ha raggiunto 3,7 milioni di bambini, bambine e adolescenti in 32 Paesi colpiti da crisi (di cui il 48,9% ragazze).

Geneva Global Hub for Education in Emergencies

Leveraging Education in Emergencies for Climate Action

After opening messages from Ambassador Thöni, and Armando Soto Boutin, Head of Cooperation and International Affairs, Ministry of Education, Colombia, the audience heard a video message from Ibrahim, Deputy Speaker of National Children Parliament, Nigeria.

Yasmine Sherif, Executive Director, Education Cannot Wait, also delivered a video message.

“It is high time to see the interrelation between the climate crisis and the education crisis,” she said. “They’re not separate, they are one – and if you are going to invest in climate change you have to invest part of that in education.”

Prima News

For Every Child, Every Right — Delivering Psychosocial Support for Crisis Impacted Children

“Under international humanitarian laws and the Safe Schools Declaration, civilians — in particular children, schools, and school personnel — must be protected. What we are seeing in this conflict are bombs pounding the most densely populated area on earth, schools and other civilian infrastructures being attacked, and an entire population being trapped in the most dire conditions, with no safe place to flee to. Surviving children are maimed, orphaned, or have lost close and extended family. Horrors of unimaginable proportion are unfolding before our eyes,” Yasmine Sherif, Executive Director of Education Cannot Wait, the UN global fund for education in emergencies and protracted crises, tells IPS.

Money Compass

Every Child, Every Right; World Children’s Day Statement by ECW Executive Director Yasmine Sherif

In Gaza, with all UNRWA schools now serving as shelters for displaced persons and with schoolyards becoming graveyards after being hit directly or indirectly by airstrikes, learning has stopped for 300,228 UNRWA students throughout the past month. Children and teachers have been killed and children are experiencing traumatic events on a daily basis. In October alone, UNRWA reported that 91% of children demonstrated effects of trauma, a number that most likely has increased since then. It is safe to say that no child in Gaza is unaffected. With their education entirely disrupted, Education Cannot Wait recently announced an initial US$10 Million First Emergency Response grant to UNRWA and UNICEF to urgently support mental health and psychosocial services, and protective learning opportunities. We look to all our strategic donors and partners to help us do more.

Inter Press Sevice

For Every Child, Every Right — Delivering Psychosocial Support for Crisis Impacted Children

As the global community marks World Children’s Day, every child should be guaranteed their rights, including those in the Gaza Strip, where heavy bombardment and military operations by Israel have killed more than 11,000 people, 40 percent of them children.

“Under international humanitarian laws and the Safe Schools Declaration, civilians—in particular children, schools, and school personnel—must be protected. What we are seeing in this conflict are bombs pounding the most densely populated area on earth, schools and other civilian infrastructures being attacked, and an entire population being trapped in the most dire conditions, with no safe place to flee to. Surviving children are maimed, orphaned, or have lost close and extended family. Horrors of unimaginable proportion are unfolding before our eyes,” Yasmine Sherif, Executive Director of Education Cannot Wait, the UN global fund for education in emergencies and protracted crises, tells IPS.

Patrimonio Actual

La docencia no es atractiva: Faltan maestros y sobra estrés

“En las mejores circunstancias, ser profesor es un reto. Ahora imagine lo que es para los maestros en una zona en crisis o afectada por un conflicto en Afganistán, Colombia, Siria o Uganda. Imagine lo que es enseñar siendo uno de los millones de personas que huyen de guerras, conflictos y catástrofes sin ningún apoyo”, observó la directora ejecutiva de la organización la Educación no puede esperar con ocasión del Día Mundial.

Según Yasmine Sherif, esa la realidad a la que se enfrentan millones de profesores en las peores crisis humanitarias del mundo”, por lo que la Educación no puede esperar ha ofrecido servicios de formación a más de 145.000 maestros que se encuentran en esas circunstancias.

A Generation at Stake

Civil Society Commemorates International Day of the Girl with U.S. Government Leaders and Girl Advocates and Launches Analysis of U.S. Efforts to Empower Girls Globally

Somaya Faruqi, 21, is a Global Champion for Education Cannot Wait and the former captain of the Afghan Girl Robotics Team. Now pursuing her engineering degree in the United States, Somaya emphasized, “Education is a human right that can’t be negotiated.” She urged the audience to contribute to efforts to fund girls’ education, especially for refugees and emphasized the importance of including women in the decision-making process. Somaya feels a deep sense of responsibility to shine a light on the harsh realities faced by 222 million children worldwide, especially for the more than one million girls in Afghanistan who currently do not have access to education at all.

“We must work together, not just stand in solidarity, because solidarity without action means nothing,” Somaya said.

Ministry of National Education

Call opens for expressions of interest for the Multiannual Resilience Program, MYRP2- Colombia

For the second time Colombia has the opportunity to receive cooperation from the United Nations Education Cannot Wait Fund in charge of addressing education in emergencies and prolonged crises. This new phase of the Multiannual Resilience Program (MYRP), led by the Ministry of National Education and the Office of the United Nations Resident Coordinator in Colombia, has a proposal prepared collectively, giving participation to organizations of base of different territories of the country, multilateral organizations, international and national non-governmental organizations (foundations and institutes among others).

In the new MYRP2 the objective is to achieve greater resilience in the educational ecosystem to guarantee the right to quality education for girls, boys and adolescents affected by situations of internal armed conflict and migration with an emphasis on the gender and inclusive approach.

Amici de Bambini

BAMBINIxLAPACE. Vestiti caldi per l’inverno per 130 bambini ucraini e moldavi

L’inverno si sta avvicinando e, con il calo delle temperature, è stata nuovamente avviata la campagna di sostegno alle famiglie ucraine e moldave, con l’organizzazione di alcune giornate di “shopping” per i bambini provenienti dalle situazione più di difficoltà. Rispetto a quanto fatto in precedenti occasioni, in cui era stato il personale di Ai.Bi. a scegliere gli indumenti più adatti e distribuirli ai beneficiari, questa volta è stato deciso di lasciare la scelta a bambini e genitori, così che potessero “fare la spesa” in autonomia, individuando gli articoli più adatti alle esigenze di ciascuno.

Per individuare le famiglie più bisognose, lo staff locale di Ai.Bi. ha chiesto aiuto agli insegnanti delle cinque scuole di Chisinau (la capitale della Moldova) dove, con il sostegno di Education Cannot Wait e in collaborazione con UNICEF Moldova e Plan International Amici dei Bambini sta svolgendo il progetto “Aumentando l’accesso a opportunità di apprendimento formale e non formale sicure, protettive e di qualità per i bambini ucraini, temporaneamente sfollati nella Repubblica di Moldova, e per i bambini delle comunità ospitanti, attraverso i centri di apprendimento a misura di bambino, le Ludoteche e il Ludobus”. Non è stato semplice organizzare le giornate di acquisti, ma la soddisfazione e le emozioni lette sui volti di chi ha vissuto questa opportunità ha ripagato di qualsiasi sforzo. Per alcuni bambini si è trattata addirittura della prima volta in cui hanno potuto scegliere un vestito secondo i propri gusti e acquistarlo, senza essere costretti a rinunciare ad altre cose perché “i soldi non sarebbero bastati”.

Education World

The Full Force of Tolerance

On the International Day of Tolerance, let us seriously reflect and make the effort to consciously embody the full meaning of tolerance before the millions of school-aged children whose futures depend on us and upon whom we, too, depend. 

In the final analysis, educating for tolerance requires role models for the young generation. As parents, teachers, leaders and people from all walks of life, we need to look afar and within. Because tolerance starts with ourselves and how we relate to universal values in practice and in action – just as outlined in the Declaration of Principles on Tolerance.