Reaching the Margnialized: Launch of the 2010 GMR Report –

Reaching the Margnialized: Launch of the 2010 GMR Report – Findings on Conflict, Natural Disasters and Marginalisation INEE has brought us upt odate with EFA by highlighting this new report. Ban Ki-moon, Secretary-General of the United Nations, and Irina Bokova, Director-General of UNESCO, launched Reaching the Marginalized, the 2010 Education for All Global Monitoring Report atContinue reading “Reaching the Margnialized: Launch of the 2010 GMR Report –”

Learning about Haiti -free resources from UNICEF

On January 12, 2010, Haiti was rocked by an earthquake that registered over 7.0 on the Richter scale. It was the most powerful quake to strike Haiti in nearly 200 years and it resulted in destruction on an unimaginable scale. The epicenter of the quake was just ten miles from the densely populated city ofContinue reading “Learning about Haiti -free resources from UNICEF”

Haiti Crisis Update – education needs and rapid response

Haiti Crisis Update Education Needs, IASC Education Cluster Response and Relevant Tools INEE (Inter-Agency Network for Education in Emergenices) has responded quickly to this disaster: The strongest earthquake in Haiti in more than 200 years, measuring 7.0 on the Richter scale, rocked the nation on 12 January at 4.53 p.m. (local time).  The earthquake struck Ouest Province (population 2.2 million),Continue reading “Haiti Crisis Update – education needs and rapid response”

Framework for Durable Solutions for Displaced Persons – a new report

Having worked in Azerbaijan where there was over 1 million internally displaced persons, who after 10 years of cessation of conflict some were still living in tents, any ‘durable solution’ must be good. I have also worked in Chad and Colombia and know that it is a growing problem and  one which gets little attentionContinue reading “Framework for Durable Solutions for Displaced Persons – a new report”