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Transforming the Landscape of Global Education
Education Cannot Wait (ECW) is the United Nations global fund for education in emergencies and protracted crises. We support and protect holistic learning outcomes – so no one is left behind.
ECW works through the multilateral system to both increase the speed of responses in crises and connect immediate relief and longer-term interventions through multi-year programming. ECW works in close partnership with governments, public and private donors, UN agencies, civil society organizations, and other humanitarian and development aid actors to increase efficiencies and end siloed responses.
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News & Stories
Only forty-five days into our new Strategic Plan 2023-2026, Education Cannot Wait secured 55 percent of its total requirement for the coming four...
16 March 2023
Director's Corner
In response to Africa’s largest refugee crisis, Education Cannot Wait (ECW) today announced US$25 million in catalytic funding to expand the Fund’s Multi-Year...
15 March 2023
In crisis contexts, girls' learning outcomes often fall behind boys' due to the compounding and intersecting forms of marginalization they experience – and...
13 March 2023
Articles & Blogs
ECW's High-Level
Financing Conference
Co-hosted by ECW and Switzerland, and co-convened with
Colombia, Germany, Niger, Norway and South Sudan.
February 16-17, 2023.
Geneva Switzerland
Focus Areas
Together with partners, ECW delivers collective education outcomes in key priority areas:
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RT @UNICEFDRC: L’UNICEF a construit six salles de classe à Nyuzu dans la province du Tanganyika afin de réduire le nombre d’enfants en dehors de l’école avec le soutien de @EduCannotWait. https://t.co...