INEE Mapping Report: Distance Education in Emergencies

The pandemic reminded us that learning is not confined to school buildings but can (and should) happen anywhere. However, the lack of understanding about how children learn and how adults and peers can support learning wherever children and young people are located, has meant that some learners have missed out on critical learning opportunities. INEEContinue reading “INEE Mapping Report: Distance Education in Emergencies”

Protecting children…in Gaza and beyond.

Protecting children in a situation of ongoing conflict: Is resilience sufficient as the end product? Ritesh Shah, International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction This paper, using the case study of Gaza Strip within the Occupied Palestinian Territories, suggests that while programmatic interventions focussed on supporting the resilience of children and the institutional networks of support on which these children relyContinue reading “Protecting children…in Gaza and beyond.”

Resilience – some new resources

There is growing evidence of the need to strengthen the resilience of education systems. Including crisis prevention and peacebuilding measures in educational policy and planning is one mechanism for achieving this. If the post-2015 Sustainable Development Goals are to be truly sustainable, conflict and disaster risk reduction must be embedded in sector policies, plans andContinue reading “Resilience – some new resources”

Reaching Resilience – a new game

Reported in the INEE newsletter: Game Report: Reaching Resilience CARE, URD and WU “Reaching Resilience,” a game developed by CARE International, Urgence Réhabilitation Dévelopement (Groupe URD) and the Wageningen University, uses a fun method to teach the concept and challenges of resilience and the questions it raises. The aim is to increase the player’s capacity to cope with hazards andContinue reading “Reaching Resilience – a new game”