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Le HCR a aussi rencontré le directeur général de l'Institut national de la recherche et de l'animation pédagogique et l'inspecteur général de la division de l'éducation préscolaire du ministère de l'Éducation pour discuter des activités en cours et des prochaines étapes dans le cadre de l'initiative de Education Cannot Wait.

Mayom Primary School is one of 22 schools that have been constructed or rehabilitated as part of the government's initiative to establish climate-resilient learning spaces in flood-affected areas of South Sudan.

The interventions help ensure that children do not miss school during the flood season and have led to an increase in the number of children attending school.

This was made possible by a GPE grant of US$10 million for 2023-2025, managed by Save the Children, as additional financing to the Education Cannot Wait (ECW) Multi-Year Resilience Program (MYRP).

Peace Elly who arrived in Uganda together with her family 11 years ago completed her senior six in 2023. She scored 11 points having offered mathematics, physics, entrepreneurship and Computer. She has hopes of joining university soon to pursue her dream of becoming Information Technology Expert. Peace is an active champion of girls’ rights in her community. She is one the beneficiaries of a project implemented by Plan International Uganda with funding from the global programme ‘Education cannot Wait’ focusing on quality, safe and inclusive education in refugee and host districts in Uganda. The programme is geared towards Improving equitable and inclusive access to relevant learning opportunities; strengthening systems for effective delivery; and improving quality of education and training. The UK contributes over 25% of the total budget of the ECW programme globally.

However, despite the challenges posed by the floods that affected their schools, the pupils continued their studies through the UNICEF support program enabled by Education Cannot Wait (ECW) and Postcode Education Trust, thanks to funding raised by players of People’s Postcode Lottery. It facilitated the restoration of access to education, improved the quality of learning environments, and made them more resilient to future crises.

“The education emergency programming, funded by Education Cannot Wait (ECW) as well as Postcode Education Trust, thanks to funding raised by players of People’s Postcode Lottery, is helping out-of-school children affected by the disaster in Kenya to be enrolled/re-enrolled and continue learning. We are immensely grateful for the support of ECW and the UK, which has allowed us to reach over 30,000 boys and girls through our education emergency program in the past year. Together, we are making a significant impact on the lives of these children,” said Nishimoto.

Peace Elly who arrived in Uganda together with her family 11 years ago completed her senior six in 2023. She scored 11 points having offered mathematics, physics, entrepreneurship and Computer. She has hopes of joining university soon to pursue her dream of becoming Information Technology Expert. Peace is an active champion of girls’ rights in her community. She is one the beneficiaries of a project implemented by Plan International Uganda with funding from the global programme ‘Education cannot Wait’ focusing on quality, safe and inclusive education in refugee and host districts in Uganda. The programme is geared towards Improving equitable and inclusive access to relevant learning opportunities; strengthening systems for effective delivery; and improving quality of education and training. The UK contributes over 25% of the total budget of the ECW programme globally.

"During the AU Year of Education, we are enhancing our partnership with African countries to accelerate progress on the G7-adopted Girls Education Targets in the African context, by redoubling our efforts and supporting and investing sustainably and innovatively in existing data, tools and initiatives, such as the Global Partnership for Education (including the Girls’ Education Accelerator), Education Cannot Wait, also with respect to the upcoming replenishments of both education funds, and other relevant initiatives such as the OECD’s Social Institutions and Gender Index (SIGI).”  

We stand steadfast in our commitment to girls’ education made in previous years, including the importance of foundational learning. We will contribute to more resilient, safe, inclusive, gender-transformative education systems and school environments to end structural barriers and harmful gender norms, stereotypes, roles and practices, which remain a pervasive threat to gender equality and empowerment of women and girls in all their diversity. Recalling previous G7 commitments, we recognize the importance of investing more, more equitably and more effectively and efficiently in education as highlighted in the Transforming Education Summit Call to Action. During the AU Year of Education, we are enhancing our partnership with African countries to accelerate progress on the G7-adopted Girls Education Targets in the African context, by redoubling our efforts and supporting and investing sustainably and innovatively in existing data, tools and initiatives, such as the Global Partnership for Education (including the Girls’ Education Accelerator), Education Cannot Wait, also with respect to the upcoming replenishments of both education funds, and other relevant initiatives such as the OECD’s Social Institutions and Gender Index (SIGI).

Amid climate disruptions, pandemics, and rapid population ageing, the WHO estimates that its fundraising effort could save an additional 40 million lives over the next four years. The African Development Bank has committed copy0 million, while countries like Ethiopia and Niger have each pledged $2 million. Earlier this month, countries and partner organisations from the WHO South-East Asia Region -- including India, Indonesia, North Korea, and Sri Lanka -- pledged $345 million 

The climate crisis, too, is undeniably an escalating health crisis, with millions more people projected to die from malnutrition, cancer, malaria, air pollution, and extreme weather events. Meanwhile, the silent pandemic of antimicrobial resistance, which contributes to five million deaths annually, threatens to reverse a century of medical progress. 

Amid climate disruptions, pandemics, and rapid population ageing, the WHO estimates that its fundraising effort could save an additional 40 million lives over the next four years. The African Development Bank has committed copy0 million, while countries like Ethiopia and Niger have each pledged $2 million. Earlier this month, countries and partner organisations from the WHO South-East Asia Region -- including India, Indonesia, North Korea, and Sri Lanka -- pledged $345 million. 
 

However, despite the challenges posed by the floods that affected their schools, the pupils continued their studies through the UNICEF support program enabled by Education Cannot Wait (ECW) and Postcode Education Trust, thanks to funding raised by players of People’s Postcode Lottery. It facilitated the restoration of access to education, improved the quality of learning environments, and made them more resilient to future crises.

The education emergency programming, funded by Education Cannot Wait (ECW) as well as Postcode Education Trust, thanks to funding raised by players of People’s Postcode Lottery, is helping out-of-school children affected by the disaster in Kenya to be enrolled/re-enrolled and continue learning. We are immensely grateful for the support of ECW and the UK, which has allowed us to reach over 30,000 boys and girls through our education emergency program in the past year. Together, we are making a significant impact on the lives of these children,” said Nishimoto.

He underscored the need to enhance infrastructure quality to minimise damage from natural disasters and highlighted that the second phase of the Multi-Year Resilience Programme (MYRP) will significantly advance Pakistan’s education sector. He expressed his views during keynote address at Education Cannot Wait (ECW) Creating Impact Together: Mobilising Resources for Inclusive Education Conference, organised by MYRP consortium partners, including RSPN, Unicef and VSO, in Islamabad.

Robert Edward Dutton, Emergency Manager at ECW Geneva, acknowledged the collaboration with Pakistan and donors, stressing the need for new partnerships and sustainable funding. He praised Pakistan’s anticipatory flood response as a global model and called for a holistic approach to education. He informed that ECW will support second phase of MYRP next year, while adopting best practices and lessons learnt during phase-1

Secretary Education KP, Masood Ahmad, expressed gratitude to ECW, RSPN, Unicef, and VSO for their support, benefiting 170,000 children in KP. He noted that while KP enrolled 1.3 million children in its recent campaign, ongoing challenges can be addressed through international collaboration.

CEO RSPN Shandana Khan introduced Education Cannot Wait (ECW), a global fund dedicated to providing quality education for children and youth in emergencies and protracted crises. She highlighted that ECW is funding the Multi-Year Resilience Programme (MYRP) in 12 vulnerable and underserved districts of Balochistan and KP, which are frequently impacted by natural disasters, conflict, and displacement, severely disrupting the education of thousands of children.

The MYRP, implemented by RSPN, Unicef, and VSO, in coordination with and through support of federal education ministry and provincial education departments of Balochistan and Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa currently provides access to education for 269,558 children, including refugees and those with disabilities. With total resources needed at $60 million, ECW already allocating $13.2 million, leaving a shortfall of $46.8 million to be raised for the programmes’ successful implementation in Pakistan.

В ответ на обострение кризиса в Ливане Фонд «Образование не может ждать» (ECW) и его стратегические партнеры объявили о выделении дополнительной финансовой помощи в размере US$1,5 миллиона для поддержки инклюзивного и безопасного доступа к качественному образованию для девочек и мальчиков, пострадавших от конфликта.  

ЮНИСЕФ предоставит дополнительный грант в рамках программы экстренного реагирования образовательному сектору Ливана, в то время, как ECW и его стратегические партнеры работают над расширением мер реагирования в области образования на эскалацию конфликта, который уже привел к перемещению около 1,2 миллиона человек. Инвестиции ECW в размере US$25,8 миллионов в Ливане уже позволили 1,2 миллиону детей получать качественное комплексное образование.

Дополнительное финансирование стратегии образовательного сектора поможет сохранить критически важную поддержку, что позволит детям вернуться в школу в предстоящем учебном году. Благодаря расширенному финансированию программа экстренного реагирования теперь охватит 20 330 перемещенных детей и молодежи, что существенно больше в сравнении с первоначальными 7 530 детьми, на помощь которым было выделено US$2,2 миллиона в виде гранта ECW, о котором было объявлено в марте этого года

В ответ на обострение кризиса в Ливане Фонд «Образование не может ждать» (ECW) и его стратегические партнеры объявили о выделении дополнительной финансовой помощи в размере US$1,5 миллиона для поддержки инклюзивного и безопасного доступа к качественному образованию для девочек и мальчиков, пострадавших от конфликта.

ЮНИСЕФ предоставит дополнительный грант в рамках программы экстренного реагирования образовательному сектору Ливана, в то время, как ECW и его стратегические партнеры работают над расширением мер реагирования в области образования на эскалацию конфликта, который уже привел к перемещению около 1,2 миллиона человек. Инвестиции ECW в размере US$25,8 миллионов в Ливане уже позволили 1,2 миллиону детей получать качественное комплексное образование.

«Ливан снова страдает. Текущий конфликт создал огромную нагрузку на систему образования Ливана, и бесчисленное количество детей рискуют отстать от своих сверстников или вообще бросить школу. Дети умирают, семьи теряют свои дома, а ценная школьная инфраструктура разрушается. Девочки и мальчики имеют право на безопасность, защиту и надежду, которые может обеспечить только качественное образование», – сказала Ясмин Шериф (Yasmine Sherif), исполнительный директор «Образование не может ждать», глобального фонда образования для помощи в чрезвычайных ситуациях и затяжных кризисах в рамках Организации Объединенных Наций. «Мы должны активизировать наши усилия и не оставить без внимания ни одного ребенка и ни одного учителя в Ливане».

Дополнительное финансирование стратегии образовательного сектора поможет сохранить критически важную поддержку, что позволит детям вернуться в школу в предстоящем учебном году. Благодаря расширенному финансированию программа экстренного реагирования теперь охватит 20 330 перемещенных детей и молодежи, что существенно больше в сравнении с первоначальными 7 530 детьми, на помощь которым было выделено US$2,2 миллиона в виде гранта ECW, о котором было объявлено в марте этого года.