In the News

After the Taliban ordered an indefinite ban on university education for Afghan girls, several humanitarian organizations, including Education Cannot Wait (ECW), a United Nations global, billion-dollar fund for education in emergencies and protracted crises called the Taliban authorities in Kabul to revoke their decision to suspend the university education of Afghan women.

Jan 20, 2023 GORDON BROWN and YASMINE SHERIF

Since returning to power in Afghanistan, the Taliban have steadily eroded the rights and opportunities of women and girls, particularly their access to education. But Afghans are not taking the regime's draconian policies lying down, and nor should the rest of the world.

A short panel discussion exploring ‘the role of Ireland in providing education to children and youth affected by humanitarian emergencies and protracted crises’

Latest research by Education Cannot Wait shows that 222 million children and adolescents affected by emergencies and protracted crises are in urgent need of education support. This is up from 75 million since similar estimates were made in 2015.

The situation is due to the historic drought in East Africa, Education Cannot Wait, the UN's global fund for education in emergencies and protracted crises, attributed the situation to the historic drought, simultaneously announcing a $2 million grant towards emergency needs. 

Our work goes beyond to Emergencies through the Education Cluster with financial support from Education Cannot Wait (ECW) supporting children with education continuity at ECD level in disaster affected areas.

Como parte del proyecto La Educación es el Camino, CDH y ACNUR, presentan el libro-cuento “K-Minitos: La historia de un viaje” como resultado de un proceso de escritura creativa junto a niños, niñas y adolescentes refugiados, migrantes y de la comunidad de acogida. El mismo está disponible en esta sección para ser descargado y leerlo en familia o con amigos. Te lo recomendamos.

Addis Ababa, January 11, 2023 (FBC) – The FDRE Minister of Education, Prof. Berhanu Nega holds discussion today with Japanese delegation led by members of the Japanese parliament.

The delegation consist two members of the Japanese parliament, Mr. Suzuki Norikazu & Ms. Suzuki Takako and representatives of Global Partnership for Education (GPE) and Education Cannot Wait (ECW).

Aide aux enfants touchés par des crises. C’est dans ce sens qu’une conférence, de haut niveau sur le financement (HLFC) de l’Education Sans Délais (education cannot wait ou ECW), sera organisée à Genève en Suisse les 16 et 17 février prochains.

En este trabajo, World Vision con el proyecto La Educación no Puede Esperar, ha estado promoviendo mejoras en el acceso a la educación de calidad, protectora y equitativa para las niñas, los niños y adolescentes pertenecientes a población migrante, comunidades de acogida y colombianos retornados, quienes por diferentes motivos no asisten a la escuela o han tenido que posponer sus programas y que al retornar sus jornadas se encuentran con extraedad.

NEW YORK, NEW YORK, December 23, 2022 /EINPresswire.com/ -- Education Cannot Wait (ECW) announced today US$40 million in additional funding to extend its Multi-Year Resilience Programme in the Central Africa Republic.

The four-year programme will be delivered by UNICEF, the Norwegian Refugee Council and Plan International, and will reach more than 92,000 crisis-impacted girls and boys every year. Total cumulative ECW funding in the Central African Republic now tops US$67 million.

Addis Abeba – In response to a devastating drought that has impacted 1.6 million children, taken lives and pushed millions into hunger, Education Cannot Wait (ECW) announced today a US$5 million grant that will provide more than 85,000 children and adolescents with access to quality, inclusive and safe learning opportunities.

NEW YORK, NEW YORK, USA, December 23, 2022 /EINPresswire.com/ -- There are more than 2.4 million children out of school in Syria. Conflict, COVID-19, the climate crisis and now new outbreaks of cholera threaten to push even more girls and boys out of school.

To mitigate the impacts of the cholera outbreak on learning outcomes, Education Cannot Wait (ECW) announced today US$1.5 million in First Emergency Response grant funding. The 12-month grant will be delivered by Save the Children, with implementing partners the Norwegian Refugee Council, War Child Holland and People in Need.