Tag Archives: humanitarian aid
The share of aid allocated to education has fallen for the sixth year in a row
A new GEM Report policy paper, Aid to education is stagnating and not going to countries most in need, shows that the amount of aid allocated to education has been falling for six years in a row. Donors are turning … Continue reading
Posted in Aid, Finance, Uncategorized
Tagged aid, donors, finance, financing, humanitarian aid
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Humanitarian aid: education’s double disadvantage
The GEM Report’s recent paper on trends of aid to education shows how education remains an under-prioritised and underfunded sector of humanitarian aid. Humanitarian aid makes up only a small share of the external financing that countries receive for education. … Continue reading
Posted in Aid, Conflict, Finance, fragile states, Primary school, refugees, Refugees and displaced people, sdg, sdgs, Uncategorized, united nations, violence
Tagged #Target 4.5, conflict, finance, humanitarian aid, Target 4.a
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Which way to the platform, please?
The Inter-Agency Network for Education in Emergencies (INEE) bi-annual meetings recently took place in Amman, Jordan. Two points stood out from the event: there is considerable excitement about the potential offered by the impending Crisis Platform for Education in Emergencies, … Continue reading
Posted in Aid, Conflict, Disaster preparedness, Donors, Economic growth, emergencies, Finance, Uncategorized
Tagged #Target 4.5, finance, humanitarian aid, target 4.1, Target 4.a
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Big hopes for education, and yet more big targets at the World Humanitarian Summit
The UN Secretary-General’s Report, One Humanity: Shared Responsibility, was released yesterday for the World Humanitarian Summit in Istanbul this May. It contains calls for reform in humanitarian aid architecture that could change lives for millions if taken at their word. … Continue reading
Syria? Education?
It’s not news that calls for funds for education in humanitarian situations are left unmet, but it doesn’t fail to shock when the actual figures are laid bare. Syria, which no one can deny is in dire need of assistance, … Continue reading
Posted in Arab States, Conflict, refugees, Refugees and displaced people, syria
Tagged conflict, finance, humanitarian aid, syria, Target 4.a
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Education cannot wait, and yet it always does
For many years now there have been calls for greater attention to education in crisis situations from a multitude of advocacy organisations and influential spokespeople. Despite this noise, although there have been some indications of progress, there have been no … Continue reading
Posted in Africa, Aid, Conflict, Developed countries, Developing countries, emergencies, Finance, fragile states, Literacy, Out-of-school children, refugees, syria
Tagged afghanistan, conflict, finance, humanitarian aid, iraq, refugees, syria, Target 4.a
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$2.3 billion needed to send all children and adolescents to school in war zones
This blog details the contents of a new paper by the Education for All Global Monitoring Report on the barriers that conflict poses to getting all children and adolescents into school, and a new suggested target for financing education in … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Tagged conflict, finance, humanitarian aid, target 4.1, Target 4.a
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