Education Cannot Wait: 222 Million Crisis-Impacted Children in Urgent Need of Educational Support
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GENEVA, June 21, 2022 /PRNewswire=KYODO JBN/ --
The United Nations global fund for education in emergencies and protracted
crises, Education Cannot Wait (ECW (
)), released a shocking new report (
) today that indicates the number of crisis-impacted school-aged children
requiring educational support has grown from an estimated 75 million in 2016 to
222 million today.
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Of the 222 million crisis-affected children and adolescents in need of urgent
support, the study indicates that as many as 78.2 million are out of school,
and close to 120 million are in school, but not achieving minimum proficiency
in math or reading. In fact, just one in ten crisis-impacted children attending
primary or secondary education are actually achieving these proficiency
standards.
"We need governments, businesses, foundations and individuals to support the
vital work of Education Cannot Wait. Help us place education within reach of
every child, everywhere. Help us keep 222 million dreams alive," said UN
Secretary-General António Guterres (
).
The analysis indicates that 84% of the out-of-school crisis-impacted children
are living in areas with protracted crises. The vast majority of these are in
countries specifically targeted through ECW's ground-breaking multi-year
investments, including Afghanistan (
), Democratic Republic of the Congo (
), Ethiopia (
), Mali (
), Nigeria (
), Pakistan (
), Somalia (
), South Sudan (
), Sudan (
) and Yemen (
).
To respond to this pressing global education crisis, ECW and strategic partners
launched the #222MillionDreams (
) resource mobilization campaign in Geneva today. The campaign calls on donors,
the private sector, philanthropic foundations and high-net-worth individuals to
urgently mobilize more resources to scale up ECW's investments, which are
already delivering quality education to over 5 million children across more
than 40 crisis-affected countries.
"The financial resources to ensure that every child and young person can
receive a quality education exist in the world. Governments, private sector and
foundations can and must unlock these resources," said The Rt. Hon. Gordon
Brown, UN Special Envoy for Global Education and Chair of ECW's High-Level
Steering Group.
The campaign leads up to the Education Cannot Wait High-Level Financing
Conference ¬taking place 16-17 February 2023 in Geneva.
"This is a global call to action. While the world struggles with the
devastating impacts of armed conflicts, COVID-19 and climate change, 222
million children live through these horrific experiences. It is our duty to
empower them through education and help make their dreams come true," said ECW
Director Yasmine Sherif.
Source: Education Cannot Wait
CONTACT: ECW, Anouk Desgroseilliers, adesgroseilliers@un-ecw.org,
+1-917-640-6820; ECW, Kent Page, kpage@unicef.org, +1-917-302-1735
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