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“On behalf of the 222 million crisis-affected girls and boys worldwide who urgently need education support, I am honored and humbled to accept the Mother Teresa Memorial Award for Social Justice.” – ECW Director Yasmine Sherif

Un an plus tard, en août 2021, la Sous-Directrice générale de l'UNESCO pour l'éducation, Stefania Giannini, est retournée à Beyrouth pour constater les bons résultats obtenus par l'initiative, notamment la réhabilitation d’écoles publiques et privées en collaboration avec l'organisation Education Cannot Wait. Grâce à Li Beirut, l'UNESCO a désormais reconstruit 95 écoles, 20 centres de formation technique et professionnelle et 3 institutions supérieures. Elle soutient également les enseignants et développe des programmes pour améliorer l'enseignement à distance.

MUMBAI, India, Dec. 18, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Harmony Foundation awarded Education Cannot Wait – the United Nations global fund for education in emergencies – with its prestigious Mother Teresa Memorial Award for Social Justice at its Annual Awards Ceremony today in Mumbai, India.

Q2: The UN system works with the Government and partners to strengthen complementarity and coherence between emergency relief, development, and peacebuilding efforts - the ‘triple-nexus’ - in Tanganyika Province, DRC as the region gradually becomes more peaceful. As part of these efforts, ECW funding supports UN, civil society, and local community partners to jointly deliver holistic education programmes to vulnerable girls and boys. Can you explain what this “triple nexus” means in the DRC, how it translates into action and why it is so important?

Q3: You recently stated “We need more instruments like Education Cannot Wait”, noting that ECW operates with humanitarian speed and achieves development depth in crises. This is an important acknowledgement and recognition of ECW’s work in the UN and of multilateral systems operating in crises contexts. Could you elaborate further on your statement, particularly the why and the how?

"On behalf of the 222 million crisis-affected girls and boys worldwide who urgently need education support, I am honored and humbled to accept the Mother Teresa Memorial Award for Social Justice." – ECW Director Yasmine Sherif

MUMBAI, India, Dec. 18, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Harmony Foundation awarded Education Cannot Wait – the United Nations global fund for education in emergencies – with its prestigious Mother Teresa Memorial Award for Social Justice at its Annual Awards Ceremony today in Mumbai, India.

On behalf of ECW, Ms. Lucia Elmi added: “The COVID-19 pandemic severely disrupted education for many children around the world. Education Cannot Wait is very excited to be part of the educational TV launch as it will enable thousands of boys and girls to access educational resources. It will help transform learning and scale up the quality of basic education, especially for girls and boys in the most vulnerable areas in the State of Palestine. This is a step forward towards digital transformation for the next Education Strategic Sector Plan and how this can bring about change in the life of children.” 

Education Cannot Wait-funded programmes delivered by UNICEF are improving access to education in Mali and helping displaced children to realize their dreams.

MUMBAI, India, Dec. 18, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Harmony Foundation awarded Education Cannot Wait – the United Nations global fund for education in emergencies – with its prestigious Mother Teresa Memorial Award for Social Justice at its Annual Awards Ceremony today in Mumbai, India.

Education Cannot Wait-funded programmes delivered by UNICEF are improving access to education in Mali and helping displaced children to realize their dreams.

Bruno Lemarquis recently stated that “We need more instruments like Education Cannot Wait”, noting that ECW operates with humanitarian speed and achieves development depth in crises. This is an important acknowledgement and recognition of ECW’s work in the UN and of multilateral systems operating in crises contexts. He elaborates.