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Save the Children Australia

BUDGET: Measures to tackle disadvantage welcome, but more targeted support for children needed

Save the Children welcomes the 2023-24 Federal Budget measures to tackle entrenched disadvantage and support Australian families struggling with cost-of-living pressures, but is concerned that targeted support for children to recover from years of compounding crises was notably absent.

The charity is particularly supportive of $199.8 million in funding to address entrenched community disadvantage by promoting philanthropy and social impact investment, in line with Save the Children’s own approach to tackling urgent problems facing children through its Impact Investment Fund.

Forbes

It Takes A Village: Partnerships Ensure Quality Inclusive Education In Colombia

A high-level mission to Colombia shines a spotlight on the power of education and joint programming with UNICEF and other ECW strategic partners for crisis-affected migrant, refugee and host-community children.

“¡Bienvenidos!” UNICEF facilitators call out as refugee and migrant parents from Venezuela enter the bright yellow and blue Points of Information and Orientation (PIO) center in Cúcuta, Colombia, with their young children.

It’s a joyous space, filled with art, music, laughter and hope. Some mothers hold their young children to their chests as they bounce up and down to the beat of the music, while other girls and boys dance and clap on their own.

Inside Education

Ethiopia’s severe drought forces kids to quit schools

More than 5,000 students from different zones of the region have been forced to drop out of school due to the devastating drought, the regional education office announced on 13 March.

The drought has affected schools in Bale, Arisi and West Hararge zones, resulting in the closure of 18 schools.

The Oromia Education Bureau has provided over USD 200 000 to help support damaged schools and bring the students who have dropped out back to school.

Women's Agenda

I was a child during the Iraq war. Now I’m a doctor urging the world to protect education during emergencies

I was 9 years old when Iraq was invaded by the US and its allies.

I remember grey airplanes piercing through the sky. And once they’d landed, the massive metal tanks crawling from the planes and driving through residential streets. As the bombing and looting began, our schools were closed indefinitely and our learning halted. Many schools were destroyed during the war, and the remaining schools had to cater for an exponentially larger number of students.  

Inter Press Service

The Privilege of Making a Choice

NEW YORK, May 8 2023 (IPS) - A civilian student named Saber was caught in the crossfire in Khartoum. He had two choices: either flee and lose everything; or die. But within a moment his option to choose was violently denied: he died.

As a result of the brutal internal armed conflict in Sudan right now, UNHCR projects that 860,000 people will flee across the borders as refugees and returnees into the Central African Republic, Chad, Egypt, Ethiopia, Eritrea and South Sudan. About 50% will be children and adolescents below 18.

ReliefWeb

ECW High-Level Interview with New ECW Global Champion, Folly Bah Thibault

Folly Bah Thibault was appointed as Education Cannot Wait’s Global Champion on 25 April 2023. Through her work for Al Jazeera, France24, Radio France International and Voice of America, Thibault has become one of the most recognized and respected journalists in the world. Her coverage of some of the world’s most pressing events as a journalist for Al Jazeera is shedding light on forgotten crises across the globe.

Reliefweb

The Privilege of Making a Choice

NEW YORK, May 8 2023 (IPS)- A civilian student named Saber was caught in the crossfire in Khartoum. He had two choices: either flee and lose everything; or die. But within a moment his option to choose was violently denied: he died.

As a result of the brutal internal armed conflict in Sudan right now, UNHCR projects that 860,000 people will flee across the borders as refugees and returnees into the Central African Republic, Chad, Egypt, Ethiopia, Eritrea and South Sudan. About 50% will be children and adolescents below 18.

Inter Press Service

ECW High-Level Interview with New ECW Global Champion, Folly Bah Thibault

Folly Bah Thibault was appointed as Education Cannot Wait’s Global Champion on 25 April 2023. Through her work for Al Jazeera, France24, Radio France International and Voice of America, Thibault has become one of the most recognized and respected journalists in the world. Her coverage of some of the world’s most pressing events as a journalist for Al Jazeera is shedding light on forgotten crises across the globe.

 

Vardot

Five Projects from Vardot Selected as Finalists in SIIA's EXCEL Awards

Vardot is pleased to announce that it has been selected as a finalist in the Software & Information Industry Association's (SIIA) Excels Awards. Five of Vardot's projects have been nominated in three different categories, recognizing the company's excellence in software development and innovation.

UNESCO

Story How an expert is gathering data through crises to improve learning outcomes in South Sudan

In South Sudan, a nation ravaged by civil war, food insecurity, and natural disasters, millions of people have been displaced, creating significant educational barriers for children and youth. With approximately 2.2 million children out of school, many face additional challenges, such as lack of access to healthcare and psychological trauma, making the pursuit of education an uphill battle.  

Amid these circumstances, Giir Mabior, the Director for Data and Statistics in the Ministry of General Education and Instruction (MoGEI), and his team are working tirelessly to ensure that the most vulnerable children have access to quality education in South Sudan. His mission is gathering crucial data needed to transform educational outcomes for these young lives. To do this, he and his colleagues must overcome extraordinary challenges to reach schools and teachers. 

Global Citizen

Global Citizen NOW: How We Drove Impact and Action on Climate, Gender Equality, and More

Over the last 10 years, Global Citizens have taken over 33.5 million actions to defend our planet, advocate for the most vulnerable, and make the invisible visible to world leaders.

Every year from the Global Citizen Festival stage, critical financial and policy commitments are made to advance progress on the United Nations Global Goals and keep the world on track to end extreme poverty by 2030.

Impact is created when people, leaders, and activists unite to take action on issues that matter.

LesCuentoQue

ESCUELAS SEGURAS EN COLOMBIA

Ante el recrudecimiento de acciones violentas y armadas en el país en las que se han visto afectadas las escuelas y centros educativos poniendo en riesgo a niñas, niños y adolescentes, el Consejo Noruego para Refugiados, Fundación Plan, Save the Children, Unicef y World Vision, con el apoyo del fondo Education Cannot Wait (la Educación No Puede Esperar) promueven esfuerzos conjuntos para tener entornos y escuelas más seguras, que permitan garantizar el derecho a la educación de la niñez colombiana.

Según el Observatorio de Niñez y Conflicto Armado (ONCA), el 60 % de los eventos armados registrados el año pasado afectaron directamente a 268.524 niños, niñas y adolescentes, un 11,5 % más que en el 2021.