Goal 3: Increased equitable access to education in crisis and conflict environments for 15 million learners by 2015
Schoolchildren run to recess at Ecole Marie Dominique Mazzarello in Port-au-Prince on June 18, 2010. The school's classrooms were built as part of the PHARE program of USAID. Photo by Kendra Helmer/USAID |
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USAID is committed to providing opportunity for all children and youth with an emphasis on providing access to education in areas that are in crisis and affected by conflict.
Of the over 70 million primary school-aged children not in school, nearly 40 million live in countries affected by armed conflict. Tens of millions more are living in situations where they have been displaced or otherwise affected by natural disaster. Finally, untold numbers of children and youth are at risk every day in their communities or neighborhoods from lawlessness, crime and gang activity.
USAID will seek to increase equitable access to education in environments affected by crisis and conflict—including at the national, subnational or regional levels. We will focus on access, especially equity of access, because inequity of access to social services, including education, along identity lines such as religious, ethnic, and geographic, is a key risk factor of social unrest.
Expected Results include:
- Safe learning opportunities for children and youth
- Strengthened crisis prevention efforts
- Strengthened institutional capacity of host governments and communities to provide education
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