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US$5 Million Grant in Response to ‘Super El Niño’ Floods in Somalia, including the creation of an anticipatory action framework to protect school children from future climate hazards.

Education Cannot Wait announced the latest grant for Somalia which “will provide life-saving access to education for girls and boys impacted by massive floods, enhance preparedness to respond to sudden onset emergencies and create anticipatory action framework to protect schoolchildren from future climate hazards”.

“By re-enrolling or enrolling flood- and displacement-affected learners in formal or non-formal education programmes, we aim to deliver tailored solutions that safeguard the rights and dignity of children and enhance preparedness against future climate shocks,” said Mohamed Abdi, Country Director of the Norwegian Refugee Council.

Read the press release.

The RefugEAP Network published a post by Ibrahim Aldalis, a civil engineer from Gaza. He writes about an online course offered by RefugEAP:

“Despite the turmoil surrounding me, the pre-sessional English for Academic Purposes (EAP) online course at the University of Birmingham, offered through the RefugEAP Network initiative, has given me something invaluable: hope. This course was more than just an educational opportunity; it became a lifeline to a future that, until recently, felt distant and unreachable.”

Read the full blog.

The German Society for Disability and Development has published video recordings on their 2023 / 2024 webinars and lecture series. Three videos are on inclusive education. Examples are discussed by Dr. Sewalem Tsega (Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia) & Prof. Dr. Jana Zehle (Hochschule Hannover – University of Applied Science). The webinars are in English with interpretation in international sign language.

Watch the webinars (scroll down to the second set of webinars).

UNESCO highlights the International Literacy Day and Prizes awarded to six initiatives. This year’s theme was “promoting multilingual education”. The prize winners include mobile libraries in Ghana, training for teachers to set up schoolbook clubs in Panama, and a programme to enhance the literacy and advocacy skills of indigenous communities in Indonesia.

Read about the six prize winners and their innovative approaches.

The main topic in UNESCO’s September newsletter is the global spike in attacks on education. According to a study by the Global Coalition for Protecting Education from Attack, of which UNESCO is a member, 6,000 attacks against students, professionals and educational institutions, including 1,000 cases of military use of these institutions, were recorded worldwide in 2022-2023 – an average of 8 per day. This represents a 20% increase on the previous two years. More than 10,000 students and educators are believed to have been victims.

Read the article.

EENET is documenting and amplifying the voices of Gaza’s educators and learners.

Across Gaza, educators, learners, their families and communities live under constant bombardment from Israeli occupying forces. They are displaced, hungry and denied basic healthcare.

In addition to committing genocide against Gaza’s people, Israel is committing ‘educide’ / ‘scholasticide’ against Gaza’s entire education system. Almost all schools and universities have been damaged or destroyed. Hundreds of teachers and thousands of learners have been killed.

For most Gazans now, participating in or delivering education has become an impossible dream, although some educators and learners have continued to seek small opportunities.

Read their stories on our Hear Us See Us webpage and on our Facebook and LinkedIn pages.