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Um die Inklusion von Kindern mit geistigen Behinderungen durch Sport voranzutreiben, haben Education Cannot Wait (ECW) und Special Olympics International (SOI) heute eine strategische Partnerschaft angekündigt, die mit dem Internationalen Tag der Menschen mit Behinderungen zusammenfällt.

Mit seiner Acceleration Facility wird ECW SOI dabei unterstützen, das Programm Special Olympics Unified Champion Schools® zu erweitern und eine sinnvolle soziale Inklusion zu fördern, indem Schüler mit und ohne geistige Behinderung zusammengebracht werden, um ein akzeptierendes Schulumfeld zu schaffen. Dabei werden drei miteinander verbundene Komponenten genutzt: Special Olympics Unified Sports®, inklusive Jugendleitung und Engagement für die gesamte Schule

Als globaler Fonds für Bildung in Notsituationen und Langzeitkrisen der Vereinten Nationen hat sich ECW verpflichtet, über sein programmatisches Investitionsportfolio 10 % der Kinder mit Behinderungen zu erreichen, und bringt ein breites Spektrum strategischer Partner wie Regierungen, Organisationen der Vereinten Nationen, die Zivilgesellschaft sowie öffentliche und private Geber zusammen, um diese dringende Krise zu bewältigen.

In a transformative move to advance inclusion through sports for children with intellectual disabilities, Special Olympics International (SOI) and Education Cannot Wait (ECW) today announced a strategic partnership coinciding with International Day of Persons with Disabilities.

Through its Acceleration Facility, ECW will support SOI to expand the Special Olympics Unified Champion Schools® programme, promoting meaningful social inclusion by bringing together students with and without intellectual disabilities to create accepting school environments, utilizing three interconnected components: Special Olympics Unified Sports®, inclusive youth leadership, and whole school engagement.

"...Together we are setting a precedent for how the global community can address the urgent need for inclusive education—for children with hidden potentials in the world’s most challenging settings,” said Yasmine Sherif, Executive Director of Education Cannot Wait.

As the global fund for education in emergencies and protracted crises in the United Nations, ECW has committed to reaching 10% of children with disabilities across its programmatic investment portfolio; bringing together a wide range of strategic partners—governments, United Nations agencies, civil society, and public and private sector donors—to address this pressing crisis.

As part of this partnership, Unified Champion Schools will be launched in Uganda with a focus on children with intellectual disabilities living in refugee settlements and related settings. This initiative will be piloted with support from a $75,000 ECW Acceleration Facility grant.

Since 2018, ECW has invested over $80 million to support education programmes in Uganda, with a focus on supporting equitable inclusive quality education for refugee and host community children, and reaching more than half a million children.

En un movimiento transformador para promover la inclusión a través del deporte para niños con discapacidades intelectuales, Education Cannot Wait (ECW) y Special Olympics internacional (SOI) anunciaron hoy una asociación estratégica que coincide con el Día Internacional de las Personas con Discapacidad. 

A través de su Centro de Aceleración, ECW apoyará a SOI para expandir el programa Special Olympics United Champion Schools, promoviendo una inclusión social significativa al reunir a estudiantes con y sin discapacidades intelectuales para crear entornos escolares aceptantes, utilizando tres componentes interconectados: Special Olympics Unified Sports, liderazgo juvenil inclusivo y participación de toda la esclusa.

Como fondo mundial para la educación en situaciones de emergencia y crisis prolongadas de la Naciones Unidas, ECW se ha comprometido a llegar al 10% de los niños con discapacidad a través de su cartera de inversiones programáticas, reuniendo a una amplia gama de socios estratégicos (gobiernos, agencias de la Naciones Unidas, sociedad civil y donantes del sector público y privado) para abordar esta crisis apremiante.

In a transformative move to advance inclusion through sports for children with intellectual disabilities,  Education Cannot Wait (ECW) and Special Olympics International (SOI) announced today a strategic partnership coinciding with the International Day of Persons with Disabilities.

Through its Acceleration Facility, ECW will support SOI to expand the Special Olympics Unified Champion Schools® programme, promoting meaningful social inclusion by bringing together students with and without intellectual disabilities to create accepting school environments, utilizing three interconnected components: Special Olympics Unified Sports®, inclusive youth leadership, and whole school engagement.

As the global fund for education in emergencies and protracted crises in the United Nations, ECW has committed to reaching 10% of children with disabilities across its programmatic investment portfolio, bringing together a wide range of strategic partners – governments, United Nations agencies, civil society, and public and private sector donors – to address this pressing crisis.

In November 2024, Finn Church Aid Ukraine concluded a series of two-day training sessions for vocational education teachers from the Poltava, Sumy, Kharkiv, and Dnipropetrovsk regions. These sessions were part of the “Multi-Year Resilience Programme” (MYRP), funded by the global organisation Education Cannot Wait.

Education Cannot Wait (ECW), the global fund for education in emergencies and protracted crises in the United Nations, announces two new grants, totalling $1.9 million. The grants will be delivered in partnership with the United Nations Girls' Education Initiative (UNGEI) and Plan International Canada to propel efforts in transforming gender norms and supporting women and girls in crisis settings.

These new ECW partnerships with UNGEI and Plan International Canada will further strengthen our collective efforts to empower girls to reclaim their rights," said Yasmine Sherif, Executive Director of Education Cannot Wait.

Education Cannot Wait (ECW), the global fund for education in emergencies and protracted crises in the United Nations, announces two new grants, totalling $1.9 million. The grants will be delivered in partnership with the United Nations Girls' Education Initiative (UNGEI) and Plan International Canada to propel efforts in transforming gender norms and supporting women and girls in crisis settings.

"These new ECW partnerships with UNGEI and Plan International Canada will further strengthen our collective efforts to empower girls to reclaim their rights," said Yasmine Sherif, Executive Director of Education Cannot Wait.

Education Cannot Wait( ECW), el fondo mundial para la educación en situaciones de emergencia y crisis prolongadas de las Naciones Unidas anuncia dos nuevas subvenciones por un total de 1,9 millones de dólares. Las subvenciones se otorgarán en colaboración con la iniciativa de las Naciones Unidas par la Educación de la Niñas (UNGEI) y Plan International Canada para impulsar los esfuerzos destinados a transformar las normas de género y apoyar a las mujeres y niñas en situaciones de crisis.

Estas nuevas alianzas de ECW con UNGEI y Plan International Canadá fortalecerán aún más nuestro esfuerzos colectivos para empoderar a las niñas para que reclamen sus derechos" dijo Yasmine Sherif, directora ejecutiva de Education Cannot Wait 

Education Cannot Wait (ECW), the global fund for education in emergencies and protracted crises in the United Nations, announces two new grants, totalling $1.9 million. The grants will be delivered in partnership with the United Nations Girls' Education Initiative (UNGEI) and Plan International Canada to propel efforts in transforming gender norms and supporting women and girls in crisis settings.

"These new ECW partnerships with UNGEI and Plan International Canada will further strengthen our collective efforts to empower girls to reclaim their rights," said Yasmine Sherif, Executive Director of Education Cannot Wait.

Education Cannot Wait (ECW), the global fund for education in emergencies and protracted crises in the United Nations, announces two new grants, totalling $1.9 million. The grants will be delivered in partnership with the United Nations Girls' Education Initiative (UNGEI) and Plan International Canada to propel efforts in transforming gender norms and supporting women and girls in crisis settings.

These new ECW partnerships with UNGEI and Plan International Canada will further strengthen our collective efforts to empower girls to reclaim their rights," said Yasmine Sherif, Executive Director of Education Cannot Wait.

"Four of the five countries with the largest gender gaps in education are conflict-affected. This grant enables the UNGEI partnership to step into this gap and work with our partners on the ground to close it. We look forward to working with ECW to support girls in emergencies and protracted crises to learn, grow and thrive. Investing in girls' education is the most powerful way to build resilient communities and a more peaceful and just world," said Antara Ganguli, Director of UNGEI.

Education Cannot Wait (ECW), the global fund for education in emergencies and protracted crises in the United Nations, announces two new grants, totalling $1.9 million. The grants will be delivered in partnership with the United Nations Girls' Education Initiative (UNGEI) and Plan International Canada to propel efforts in transforming gender norms and supporting women and girls in crisis settings.

"These new ECW partnerships with UNGEI and Plan International Canada will further strengthen our collective efforts to empower girls to reclaim their rights," said Yasmine Sherif, Executive Director of Education Cannot Wait.

Education Cannot Wait (ECW), the global fund for education in emergencies and protracted crises in the United Nations, announces two new grants, totalling $1.9 million. The grants will be delivered in partnership with the United Nations Girls' Education Initiative (UNGEI) and Plan International Canada to propel efforts in transforming gender norms and supporting women and girls in crisis settings.

These new ECW partnerships with UNGEI and Plan International Canada will further strengthen our collective efforts to empower girls to reclaim their rights," said Yasmine Sherif, Executive Director of Education Cannot Wait.

"Four of the five countries with the largest gender gaps in education are conflict-affected. This grant enables the UNGEI partnership to step into this gap and work with our partners on the ground to close it. We look forward to working with ECW to support girls in emergencies and protracted crises to learn, grow and thrive. Investing in girls' education is the most powerful way to build resilient communities and a more peaceful and just world," said Antara Ganguli, Director of UNGEI.