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Couverture média de CGTN: La DG d’Éducation sans délai, Yasmine Sherif, en mission au Tchad, annonce 3M$ pour soutenir l'éducation des enfants réfugiés du Soudan.

Education Cannot Wait (ECW) announced today a rapid US$4.1 million grant in response to Uganda's evolving and escalating influx of refugees. ECW's total funding in Uganda now tops US$76.7 million.
The 12-month grant will be delivered by UNHCR and Save the Children, and reach over 130,000 children and adolescents in the areas of Uganda that have been most affected by recent influxes of refugees, including Nakivale, Rwamwanja, Palabek and Rhino Camp. The new investment aligns closely with the Government of Uganda's Education Response Plan for Refugees and Host Communities.

Radio France Internationale (RFI) interviewe la DG ECW Yasmine Sherif en visite au Tchad ou 60k refugiés du Soudan sont arrivés en qqs jours dont 70% d'enfants. 

NEW YORK, 18. Mai 2023 /PRNewswire/ Education Cannot Wait (ECW) kündigte heute einen schnellen Zuschuss in Höhe von 4,1 Millionen US-Dollar als Reaktion auf den wachsenden und eskalierenden Zustrom von Flüchtlingen in Uganda an. Der Gesamtbetrag der von ECW in Uganda bereitgestellten Mittel beläuft sich inzwischen auf 76,7 Millionen US-Dollar.

NEW YORK, May 17 2023 - At this year’s G7 Hiroshima Summit in Japan, world leaders will have a chance to “uphold the international order based on the rule of law and extend outreach to the Global South.” Education, as a binding force that unites us all in our global efforts to protect human rights and ensure sustainable development, should be front and centre on the G7 Agenda.

Through the ground-breaking leadership of Japan, the G7 Summit promises to address a number of interconnected global crises – including nuclear disarmament and non-proliferation, economic resilience and security, climate and energy, food, health and development. By investing in education in emergencies and protracted crises through multilateral organizations such as Education Cannot Wait – the UN global fund for education in emergencies and protracted crises – the G7 has an opportunity to make targeted and responsive investments to these interconnected crises.

At this year’s G7 Hiroshima Summit in Japan, world leaders will have a chance to “uphold the international order based on the rule of law and extend outreach to the Global South.” Education, as a binding force that unites us all in our global efforts to protect human rights and ensure sustainable development, should be front and centre on the G7 Agenda.

Through the ground-breaking leadership of Japan, the G7 Summit promises to address a number of interconnected global crises – including nuclear disarmament and non-proliferation, economic resilience and security, climate and energy, food, health and development. By investing in education in emergencies and protracted crises through multilateral organizations such as Education Cannot Wait – the UN global fund for education in emergencies and protracted crises – the G7 has an opportunity to make targeted and responsive investments to these interconnected crises.

Graham Lang, Deputy Director of Education Cannot Wait (ECW), speaks with Reporter Chérif Ousman Mbardounka from BBC Afrique following a high-level mission by ECW to the border of Chad and Sudan. (17 May 2023)

ECW just announced a $3 million grant for Chad to help provide access to safe and protective learning environments for incoming refugee girls and boys fleeing the conflict in Sudan, and support the host communities. The new grant brings ECW’s total investments to support vulnerable children’s education in Chad to over US$41 million.

Education, as a binding force that unites us all in our global efforts to protect human rights and ensure sustainable development, should be front and centre on the G7 Agenda.

Through the ground-breaking leadership of Japan, the G7 Summit promises to address a number of interconnected global crises – including nuclear disarmament and non-proliferation, economic resilience and security, climate and energy, food, health and development.

NEW YORK, May 17, 2023 /PRNewswire/ — At this year’s G7 Hiroshima Summit in Japan, world leaders will have a chance to “uphold the international order based on the rule of law and extend outreach to the Global South.” Education, as a binding force that unites us all in our global efforts to protect human rights and ensure sustainable development, should be front and centre on the G7 Agenda.   

NEW YORK, May 17, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- At this year's G7 Hiroshima Summit in Japan, world leaders will have a chance to "uphold the international order based on the rule of law and extend outreach to the Global South." Education, as a binding force that unites us all in our global efforts to protect human rights and ensure sustainable development, should be front and centre on the G7 Agenda.  

Rolando Gómez, Chief of the Press and External Relations Section at the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the hybrid briefing Opens in new window, which was attended by representatives and spokespersons of the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, World Health Organization, the World Meteorological Organization, the United Nations Refugee Agency, the International Telecommunication Union, Education Cannot Wait, the International Committee of the Red Cross, and the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies.

Fighting between Sudanese army and paramilitary rapid support forces has entered second month. The fighting is forcing tens of thousands of people to leave their homes in search for safety.