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Regional Programmes Newsletter 2012 Highlights- Save the Children Sweden Eastern and Central Africa Regional Office
This Regional Programmes Newsletter presented by the Eastern and Central Africa Regional Office of Save the Children Sweden (SCS ECAf), gives the 2012 highlights experienced and shared by the programme staff, partner organizations and country office staff
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Guidance Notes on Safer School Construction: Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery
At a time when the frequency and magnitude of extreme climatic events is rising, a growing number of the world’s school-going children are increasingly exposed to natural disasters. Children spend up to 50 percent of their waking hours in school facilitie
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Psychosocial Assessment of Education in Gaza and Recommendations for Response
A UNESCO-commissioned assessment of the psychosocial impact of the ongoing blockade and military campaigns on the education system in Gaza. The research, conducted by Kathleen Kostelny and Michael Wessels of the Columbia Group for Children in Adversity, a
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Haiti's children- Policy Brief
On 12 January 2010, a 7.0 magnitude earthquake hit Haiti, killing more than 200,000 people and leaving 2 million in need of assistance. When the rainy season starts in mid-March, conditions are likely to deteriorate even further. The international communi
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Early Childhood Matters. Young children in cities: Challenges and opportunities
This edition of Early Childhood Matters looks at young children’s experiences of growing up in urban settings. A quarter of the world’s children live in poor urban settlements- a fact which presents opportunities to deliver accessible services cost-effect
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China Country Brief
Although the standard of living in China has risen over the past 30 years, there are widening gaps between rich and poor, and urban and rural areas. Two-thirds of China’s 367 million children live in rural areas. Many of them, especially those from minori
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Serving Haiti's children now, rebuilding for their future. Six months after the massive quake
In January 2010, the impoverished Caribbean nation of Haiti was rocked by the worst earthquake to hit the region in 200 years. One of the most devastating natural disasters in living memory, in which more than 200,000 people were killed, while hundreds of
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Helping Haiti's Children: The first three months of Save the Children's earthquake response
The devastating January 2001 earthquake — a 7-magnitude shock that left more than 3 million people in Port-au-Prince, Léogâne, Petit Goave, Jacmel and surrounding areas in desperate need — has exacted a heavy toll on Haiti’s children. They have lost famil
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INEE Pocket Guide to supporting learners with disabilities
The Pocket Guide outlines some of the common challenges that children and young people with disabilities might face with education in or after an emergency. It discusses some of the constraints of concerns that teachers may have and offers practical ideas
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INEE Guidance Notes on teaching and learning
The INEE Guidance Notes on teaching and learning articulate good practice on critical issues related to curricula adaptation and development, instruction and learning processes, teacher training and support, and the assessment of learning outcomes, focusi
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Improving Education for Children in Conflict. Global Evaluation Summary- Rewrite the Future
Rewrite the Future's global campaign aimed at improving education in conflict-affected fragile states (CAFS), has come to an end. Since 2006, Save the Children has implemented projects to improve education quality for over 10 million children in 25 CAFS,
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Children of the Floods: An Overview of Save the Children’s Response and Recovery Program in Pakistan
An overview of Save the Children’s Pakistan Floods Response and Recovery Programme. Following the flooding in Pakistan due to the 2010 monsoon rains, Save the Children helped save lives through the provision of emergency health care and shelter materials,