ECW Funding Announced for Emergency Response in Bangladesh and Nepal

On the sidelines of the 72^nd United Nations General Assembly that took place in New York during the week of 18 September 2017, Education Cannot Wait announced immediate support to Rohingya refugee children fleeing violence in Myanmar and children affected by the recent floods in Nepal through its First Emergency Response funding window.

BANGLADESH

A $3 million emergency grant has been allocated to respond to the immediate educational needs of Rohingya children who have found refuge in Bangladesh, including US$500,000 donated by Dubai Cares. An estimated quarter of a million Rohingya child refugees are among the 430,000 people that have fled across the border from neighbouring Myanmar into Bangladesh in recent weeks. ECW’s funding will help partners on the ground, coordinated  by the Education Sector Group, to scale up the ongoing response in the southern city of Cox’s Bazar. ECW’s emergency grant will help cover more than 70 percent of the emergency educational needs of these children until the end of 2017.

More: OCHA update on the response to Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh coordinated by the Inter-Sector Coordination Group

NEPAL

ECW has allocated $1.5 million to help ensure continuous access to quality learning for the children most affected by the recent flooding in Nepal. Generated by heavy mansoon rains, floods and landslides have impacted 1.7 million people in 75 districts. 460,000 people are displaced. The floods have destroyed 80 schools and damaged a further 710. ECW’s funding will support up to 50 percent of the emergency education response until February 2018, as defined in the joint Nepal Response Plan issued by the UN Resident Coordinator.

More: ReliefWeb update on the joint Nepal Response Plan