Annual Results Reports

This is the executive summary of Education Cannot Wait (ECW)'s 2022 Annual Results Report. It summarizes the progress made by ECW to achieve its strategic objectives and support all crisis-affected children and adolescents in accessing quality education and achieving better learning outcomes. The summary describes the accomplishments of 2022 and the first Strategic Plan period (2018-2022). It features key points and data from the Annual Results Report and highlights both ECW results from 2022 and since inception. 

This Annual Results Report presents the progress made by Education Cannot Wait (ECW) in 2021. It captures ECW's performance in inspiring political commitment, raising additional funding for education in emergencies and protracted crises and supporting systemic changes in the sector. The report provides insights on ECW’s investments and our collective achievements in 2021 as we worked to reach the 222 million crisis-affected children in need of urgent educational support. The report features strategic objectives and collective education outcome data. It also includes country investment profiles on ECW’s Multi-Year Resilience Programmes and First Emergency Responses.

This Annual Results Report presents the progress made by ECW in 2020. As the previous annual result reports, it presents progress towards its strategic objectives on both systemic and beneficiary outcome levels. The COVID-19 pandemic is widely integrated into the report and a separate COVID-19 profile is included, presenting ECW’s response and results towards the impact of COVID-19 in education emergency and protracted crisis settings. 

This Annual Results Report presents the progress made by ECW in 2019. It captures ECW’s performance as it increased its operations, distributing $130.7 million – more than in 2017 and 2018 combined – to 75 grantees in 29 countries. The report features strategic objectives and collective education outcome data. It also includes country investment profiles on ECW’s Multi-Year Resilience Programmes and First Emergency Responses. 

This Annual Results Report presents the progress made by ECW in 2018. While donors increased their focus on education in emergencies and protracted crises by investing $578 million in 2018, the funding gap remains very large. ECW calls for stronger engagement from traditional donors, increased participation of foundations and the private sector, the development of innovative financing modalities, and the operationalization of the ‘New Way of Working.' The report features strategic objectives and education results, along with country profiles and lessons learned. 

This Annual Results Report presents the progress made by ECW during its first year of operations, from April 2017 to March 2018. It captures ECW’s performance against its strategic objectives as a new disruptive global fund aiming to catalyze systemic changes in the education aid sector. The report also features country-level data on ECW’s investments and the Fund’s results in supporting safe, inclusive, equitable quality education for girls and boys in emergencies and protracted crises.