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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

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. 

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. 

Education Cannot Wait (ECW), the UN’s global fund for education in emergencies and protracted crises, will host a High-Level Financing Conference from February 16-17, 2023 in Geneva – co-convened with the governments of Colombia, Germany, Niger, Norway, South Sudan, and Switzerland – to mobilize $1.5 billion in support of its 2023-2026 Strategic Plan.

Ethiopia is experiencing one of the worst education crises in the world due to severe drought, conflict and forced displacement. In the country, 3.6 million children are out of school due to these emergencies – a spike from 3.1 million just six months ago. Graham Lang, ECW Director of the High-Level Financing Conference and Chief of Education was in Ethiopia this week with Norwegian International Development Minister Anne Beathe Tvinnereim, CEO of Save the Children Norway Birgitte Lange, and other partners – to take stock of education needs in crisis-affected areas in the Oromia and Somali regions. He speaks with France 24's Mark Owen about the crises in Ethiopia and what ECW and strategic partners are doing to ensure that children and adolescents can continue to access the protection, opportunity and empowerment that education provides.

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On Tuesday 29th November 2022, Send My Friend Campaign Champions Evie and Anneka attended a Parliamentary Roundtable hosted by the All Party Parliamentary Group for Global Education. The Campaign Champions were there to ask the UK Government to pledge £170 million to Education Cannot Wait, and to advocate for the 222 million dreams of their friends whose education have been affected by emergencies and protracted crises.

As the United Nations global fund for education in emergencies and protracted crises, it is Education Cannot Wait’s firm conviction that education is essential in achieving, protecting and promoting universal human rights.