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L'ORA

Sud Su­dan: Save the Chil­dren, al­me­no 75 per­so­ne uc­ci­se, tra cui tre bam­bi­ni, du­ran­te le vio­len­ze ad Abyei

Save the Chil­dren sta at­tuan­do un pro­get­to in­te­gra­to di as­si­sten­za sa­ni­ta­ria di base e nu­tri­zio­ne nel­l’a­rea am­mi­ni­stra­ti­va di Abyei con il fi­nan­zia­men­to del­l’U­nio­ne Eu­ro­pea, che ha l’o­biet­ti­vo di for­ni­re as­si­sten­za sa­ni­ta­ria pri­ma­ria e aiu­ti sal­va­vi­ta gra­tui­ti, ser­vi­zi di sa­lu­te men­ta­le, sup­por­to psi­co­so­cia­le e con­tra­sto alla vio­len­za di ge­ne­re, ri­vol­gen­do­si ad una po­po­la­zio­ne di cir­ca 123.648 per­so­ne. L’Or­ga­niz­za­zio­ne sta an­che la­vo­ran­do per raf­for­za­re la ca­pa­ci­tà del si­ste­ma sa­ni­ta­rio lo­ca­le di pre­ve­ni­re, in­di­vi­dua­re e ri­spon­de­re ai fo­co­lai di ma­lat­tie en­de­mi­che co­mu­ni, con­tri­buen­do a ri­dur­re i casi di ma­lat­tie tra i bam­bi­ni sot­to i 5 anni, come la diar­rea, la ma­la­ria e la pol­mo­ni­te, e so­stie­ne l’i­stru­zio­ne per le ra­gaz­ze e i ra­gaz­zi col­pi­ti dal­la cri­si nel­l’am­bi­to del fon­do glo­ba­le Edu­ca­tion Can­not Wait (ECW).

BNN

A Beacon of Hope Amidst Crisis: Syria's Multi-Year Resilience Programme

The Syrian crisis has exacerbated the already existing barriers to education. Families, torn between the need to survive and the desire to learn, are forced to make heart-wrenching decisions. The perceived lack of safety and the bleak prospects of employment have led many to view schools as irrelevant, further perpetuating a cycle of illiteracy and despair.

Amidst the chaos and destruction, a glimmer of hope emerges. The Syria Multi-Year Resilience Programme (MYRP), a joint initiative by UNICEF and the Education Cannot Wait (ECW) Seed Funding, aims to provide equitable access to education for 3.4 million children over a span of three years. The MYRP is a comprehensive response to the educational crisis, addressing the root causes that have kept children out of school.

Saarbruecker Zeitung

Südsudan: Gewalt in Abyei nimmt zu / mindestens 75 Menschen getötet, darunter drei Kinder

In Abyei betreibt die Kinderrechtsorganisation ein EU-finanziertes Projekt, das kostenlose medizinische Grundversorgung für rund 124.000 Menschen anbietet. Außerdem erhalten die Menschen psychosoziale Unterstützung sowie Beratung zum Thema geschlechtsspezifische Gewalt. Krankheiten wie Durchfall, Malaria und Lungenentzündung, die für Kinder unter fünf Jahren oft tödlich sind, konnten so bereits erfolgreich zurückgedrängt werden.

African Peace Magazine UK

South Sudan: At least 75 people killed including three children as violence surges in Abyei

Save the Children is implementing an integrated primary health care and nutrition project in Abyei Administrative Area with funding from the European Union Humanitarian Aid. The program targets population of about 123,648 people, providing free lifesaving primary healthcare and nutrition integrated with Mental Health Psychosocial Support and Gender Based Violence services. Save the Children is also working to strengthen the capacity of the local health system to prevent, detect, and respond to outbreaks of common range of endemic diseases, contributing to a reduction in cases of common killer diseases among children under 5 years such as diarrhea, Malaria, and Pneumonia according to Health Officials. Save the Children also supports education sector for the crisis affected girls and boys under Education Cannot Wait program. Education Cannot Wait (ECW) is a global fund for education in emergencies and protracted crises.

ReliefWeb

Leaving no one behind: A global pledge to provide inclusive education for refugees

At the first Global Refugee Forum in December 2019, GPE committed to more and better financing to scale up quality learning for refugees.

GPE also pledged to support inclusive and resilient systems to ensure quality education for refugees. These commitments have translated into concrete actions across multiple partner countries. 

GPE also joined Education Cannot Wait (ECW) and the World Bank in a pledge “to work together to close the education financing gap and provide technical assistance in refugee-hosting countries”. This joint pledge aimed to improve the coordination and financing of education for refugees and host communities.

Zawya

Dubai Cares praised globally for its significant achievements towards education transformation in 2023

Dubai Cares made history at the 2nd edition of the RewirEd Summit, by bringing education to the forefront of the climate agenda at COP28. Featuring more than 1,000 participants, including 2 heads of state, 22 ministers, and 28 CEOs, with 260 speakers, representing 209 entities and 76 countries, the RewirEd Summit brought the education and climate sectors together under one roof for the first time in the history of all COPs as the flagship education summit of COP28, to position education transformation as a key enabler of sustainable development.

Moreover, Dubai Cares announced the spin-off of the RewirEd Summit as an independent standalone global platform led by a global board, announcing its co-chairs as Laura Frigenti, Chief Executive Officer, Global Partnership for Education (GPE); Yasmine Sherif, Executive Director of Education Cannot Wait (ECW); and Dr. Tariq Al Gurg, Chief Executive Officer and Vice-Chairman of Dubai Cares.

ReliefWeb

Save The Children and HIAS join efforts to provide children with access to educational services along the central American migration route

The “Education Without Limits Campaign: I learn here or there” is an initiative of the Regional Education Group for Latin America and the Caribbean (GRE-LAC) within the framework of the Regional component of the Multi-Year Resilience Program (MYRP) with funding from Education Cannot Wait (ECW) and the Government of Canada from the leadership of Save the Children, to make visible the educational crisis experienced by children and adolescents in a situation of mobility, in addition to promoting their access to and permanence in educational services, and to publicize the positive impact on a host community of children and adolescents in a situation of human mobility having access to this right.

UNICEF Nigeria

From Student to Teacher: Fauziya's Inspiring Journey of Empowering Out-of-School Girls

The Muna Garage IDP Camp school, established in 2015 by UNICEF in partnership with the state government, provides a literacy and numeracy programme for children affected by conflict.

In 2019, UNICEF started supporting the school through funding from Education Cannot Wait (ECW), recruiting 16 volunteer teachers in addition to the five government-provided teachers. The ECW funds also assisted in the provision of textbooks and writing materials for students and teachers.

DOHANews

Qatar and UNICEF hold dialogue on offering education to out-of-school children

Established in 2012, EAA, alongside other Qatari entities, has provided a vital lifeline for students forced out of their classrooms globally due to crises and conflict. 

Last year, EAA pledged $20 million to back the UN’s Education Cannot Wait (ECW) initiative in an effort to support children around the world who have been denied the right to access education.

The ECW is a UN “global fund for education in emergencies and protracted crises” aimed at benefiting 222 million children and adolescents affected by crises. 

ReliefWeb

A further Strength of Education in Iraq

Kurdistan, Iraq - Supporting the education system in Iraq requires all the possible efforts. Despite its current challenges, a collaborative and resolute approach can pave the way for the restoration and revitalization of the education system, thereby play an important role in supporting the recovery of the country. People in Need (PIN) launched a project aimed at assisting students, teachers and schools in northern Iraq. This spanned from January to December 2023.

Co-funded by the Czech Republic’s Foreign Development Cooperation (CZDA) and Education Cannot Wait (ECW), the project provided a comprehensive range of activities including remedial classes, school greening, climate change awareness, student club activities, Kurdish language courses, psychological-social support, and training for teachers and Department of Education to help vulnerable students and the education sector in the north of Iraq.

Inter Press Service

In-Depth Interview with Yasmine Sherif, Executive Director, Education Cannot Wait: Getting to Know Her

Yasmine Sherif is the Executive Director of Education Cannot Wait (ECW). A lawyer specialized in International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights Law (LL.M), she has over 30 years of experience with the United Nations and international NGOs.

Ms. Sherif has served in some of the most crisis-affected areas of the world, including Afghanistan, the Middle East, the Balkans, Cambodia, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Sudan as well as in New York and Geneva. She has led high-level missions to numerous conflict and crisis-affected countries. Her expertise spans across the education, humanitarian, development, human rights, gender and peacekeeping spectrum.

She is the author of the book, The Case for Humanity: An Extraordinary Session, and a Champion for ‘No Lost Generation.’ In 2017, she received the annual award Sweden’s UN Friend of the Year, in 2020 she was awarded the Global Educator Award in the United States, and in 2022 she received on behalf of Education Cannot Wait, the prestigious Mother Teresa Award.

Inclusion International

Paving the way for inclusive education in emergencies

The International Disability Alliance (IDA) and Inclusion International are pleased to announce their work on a new project that aims to improve access to inclusive education for children with disabilities in emergency situations. 

This project was made possible through funding from Education Cannot Wait (ECW)’s Acceleration Facility – a funding pool designed to address systemic barriers to education in emergencies.