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Les ressources financières fournies par nos partenaires ont également permis d’obtenir des résultats majeurs en matière d’accès à l’éducation. Grace à l’Allemagne, à Education Cannot Wait, aux Fonds Central Emergency Response Funds (CERF) et à l’Union Européenne, 50 458 enfants hors de l’école (dont 24 160 filles) ont pu être insérés ou réinsérés en 2024, facilitant ainsi leur accès à un environnement propice à l’apprentissage depuis la rentrée scolaire 2023/2024. 

La phase II (2024-2027) du Programme Pluriannuel de Résilience du Mali (PPR-II) de Education Cannot Wait (ECW) vise à soutenir 204,500 enfants dans les régions les plus touchées par la crise (Gao, Ménaka, Kidal, Tombouctou et Mopti). 

Impedir el aprendizaje en zonas de conflicto tiene un impacto de por vida, pues limita las oportunidades e impide que ellos puedan aprender y desarrollarse, así como tener un espacio en la sociedad (Delphine Dorsi, directora de Right to Education Initiative citado por Bonet E, Ibarra D., 2023). En este sentido, los autores supra referidos, señalan que los desafíos que tiene la educación no son imposibles de resolver por lo que es necesario que los gobiernos respalden y apoyen la declaración de escuelas seguras a la que Ucrania se unió en 2019 para proteger a estudiantes y educadores del conflicto armado. No obstante, las bombas no han podido acabar con el sistema educativo de Ucrania. De hecho, el Ministerio de Educación retomó las actividades sin dejar de mencionar el apoyo institucional y financiero de las Naciones Unidas. Por ejemplo, el fondo especial de la ONU es una muestra. Su lema "la educación no puede esperar". Este último ha ofrecido cinco millones de dólares en ayuda humanitaria para los niños afectados en la guerra tanto en educación como para su salud mental (Bonet E, Ibarra D. 2023).

“Our collective support is now more urgent than ever. It is the smart thing to do for economic progress. It is the right thing to do for equality and equity. It is the least we can do for the people with such immense potential and yearning to study, to become and to live a full life,” Yasmine Sherif, Executive Director of Education Cannot Wait, said in a statement released on Africa Youth Day.

“As the global fund for education in emergencies and protracted crises within the United Nations, Education Cannot Wait (ECW) and our strategic partners are working tirelessly to create sustainable education and lifelong learning pathways for all of Africa’s children and youth.”

Africa Youth Day Statement by Education Cannot Wait Executive Director Yasmine Sherif

As the global fund for education in emergencies and protracted crises within the United Nations, Education Cannot Wait (ECW) and our strategic partners are working tirelessly to create sustainable education and lifelong learning pathways for all of Africa's children and youth.

According to our latest Annual Results Report, ECW investments reached over 900,000 children in East Africa with quality learning supports in 2023 alone. In West and Central Africa, we reached over 1.8 million!

Since January 2024, UNICEF has reached more than 29,400 children across Syria, with the self-learning programme to help them continue their education. The activities were funded by the Global Partnership for Education (GPE); Education Cannot Wait; the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) through the KFW Development Bank; EU Humanitarian Aid (ECHO); the Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO); the Governments of Australia, Japan, Finland, and Kuwait; and UNICEF National Committees for Japan and Ireland.

Os conflitos e desastres climáticos têm impactado profundamente a educação das crianças ao redor do mundo. De acordo com o Fundo Global Education Cannot Wait (ECW) da Organização das Nações Unidas (ONU), cerca de 222 milhões de crianças em idade escolar viram sua educação interrompida por essas crises. Esse cenário torna ainda mais grave o fato de que, segundo o ECW, apenas 120 milhões dessas crianças, ou uma em cada dez, atendem aos requisitos de proficiência em matemática e leitura.

Through an accelerated learning program delivered by UNICEF with funding from Education Cannot Wait, 12-year-old Muqadas and her mother are back in school in one of Punjab's flood-affected districts. 

Luckily for Muqadas, there is shelter in the storm. Through an innovative flood response program delivered by UNICEF with funding from Education Cannot Wait (ECW), the global fund for education in emergencies, accelerated learning programs are being put in place to get girls and boys back to learning across Pakistan.

The fast-acting program has supported more than 100,000 children by establishing temporary shelters, generating alternate learning pathways and rehabilitating schools. Delivered through a consortium of partners including UNICEF, the Agency for Technical Cooperation and Development (ACTED), and the International Rescue Committee, the ECW investment is also providing mental health and psychosocial support and life-skills training to ensure a smooth transition for girls and boys who were pushed out of schooling by the floods — and still others who had never entered the classroom at all.

ECW and its strategic partners are piloting anticipatory action in response to the climate crisis in places like Pakistan. At this year’s UN General Assembly, ECW announced a $2.5 million grant to UNICEF to pilot anticipatory actions across six districts in Pakistan that are highly vulnerable to flooding.

The program, funded by Education Cannot Wait and the Global Partnership for Education addresses the needs of young mothers, who often face additional economic and social challenges.

L'éducation sans délai le fond mondial des Nations Unies pour l'éducation dans les situations d'urgence et de crise prolongée quelles sont justement l'émission de ce fond mondial, élément de réponse avec notre invité dans un instant. Combien d'enfants vulnérables sur cette planète quelles sont les zones d'intervention de ECW ? Quelles sont les actions mises en place ? Surtout comment remettre les petits garçons, mais surtout les petites filles sur le chemin de l'école et comment convaincre forcément les familles ? 

Education Cannot Wait quand est né ce fond et surtout quelles sont ces missions éducation sans délai ? C'est donc le fond des Nations Unies pour l'éducation et sa mission, c'est vraiment d'aider les enfants dans les situations d'urgence les enfants qui sont victimes de crise prolongée, que ça soit aussi des conflits, mais aussi de la crise climatique. C'est de d'accompagner ces enfants-l et de faire en sorte qu'il y ait un suivi dans leur éducation aujourd'hui à travers le monde

Vous intervenez aujourd'hui dans combien de pays ECW Education Cannot Wait est présente dans combien de pays écoutez dans de nombreux pays dont les pays où il y a des crises aujourd'hui.

Education Cannot Wait a investi par exemple 72 millions de dollars sur plusieurs années pour que 140000 enfants soient pris en charge et et qui bénéficient d'un soutien aujourd'hui qui est mis en œuvre par ECW Education Cannot Wait, mais aussi par les partenaires les différents partenaires des Nations-Unies, donc c'est vraiment surtout les zones de crise on agit dans les zones en urgence où les enfants ont vraiment besoin d'une aide.

Education Cannot Wait enfin on a plusieurs acteurs sur place évidemment. On travaille avec beaucoup de structures locales qui traitent, aussi bien des sujets éducatifs que des sujets environnementaux pour sensibiliser les populations sur place sur ces différentes crises qui les affectent.

Education Cannot Wait (ECW) es el fondo mundial para la educación en situaciones de emergencia y, junto a otras organizaciones, están trabajando activamente para mejorar el acceso a la enseñanza de los afectados y desplazados por conflictos armados.

Mediante el apoyo a organizaciones como UNRWA, Save The Children, Education Cannot Wait ó The New Humanitarian, les ofrecemos esa oportunidad de reparar los daños y volver a empezar. Cada donación y cada voz cuentan para asegurar que la educación siga siendo un derecho incluso en los momentos más oscuros.

Humanitarian access is all the more affected, limiting humanitarian actors’ response. The highlights of NRC - Cameroon over the period from May to August 2024, includes the participation in a high level lobby tour organized and supported by NRC representation offices in Brussels and Geneva in June, with the purpose of meeting stakeholders, present the 2023 neglected crisis report and raise awareness about the situation in Cameroon. NRC also actively participated in the ceremony to present the mid-term results of the Education Cannot Wait (ECW) Multi-Year Resilience Program in Cameroon in June, where joint efforts of the various partners had a significant impact in the 64 target communes, reaching 227,000 children.