Some 222 million children and young people do not receive proper pre-primary or school education due to crises and conflicts. If more money were available, everyone could be helped, Yasmine Sherif, director of the United Nations Fund for Education in Emergencies and Protracted Crises, said in Geneva on Tuesday.
The fund is called Education Cannot Wait and has started a campaign with the hashtag #222MillionDreams. It calls on people all over the world to beat the drum on social media. In addition to traditional donors such as governments, companies and foundations, the fund also wants to reach wealthy individuals and have money donated.
No or often very bad training
According to “Education Can’t Wait,” approximately 78 million children and young people between the ages of three and 18 have no formal education at all. More than 20 million go to school and make progress with their learning, but they do not have an environment with school meals and psychological care to get through school healthy. 120 million are in schools but do not achieve basic literacy and arithmetic skills.
Help for about 40 countries
In the poorest countries, 54 percent of schools lack clean drinking water, only 40 percent allow children to wash their hands, and only a third have reliable electricity. The fund works in crisis countries such as Afghanistan, the Democratic Republic of Congo, South Sudan and Yemen. Ukraine is also supported, as are Ukrainian children and young people who have fled abroad. In total, approximately five million children in more than 40 countries have benefited from the Fund’s programs.
Source: Krone
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