Addis Ababa, December 23, 2022 (FBC) – Education Cannot Wait (ECW) announced today a US$5 million grant that will provide more than 85,000 children and adolescents in Ethiopia with access to quality, inclusive and safe learning opportunities.
The 12-month grant is delivered by the Norwegian Refugee Council and UNICEF, and builds on ECW’s ongoing investments in Ethiopia, which have already reached a quarter of a million children impacted by the multiplying impacts of climate change, conflict and displacement that have derailed social and economic progress across Ethiopia and much of Africa.
According to the official press release, ECW investments in Ethiopia now total more than US$59.5 million.
The investment aims to improve learning and well-being of crisis-affected girls and boys including adolescents through access to quality, inclusive and safe learning opportunities for 85,782 children [60% girls; 10% children with disabilities] in the six drought-affected regions of Ethiopia – Afar, Oromia, Sidama, Somali, SNNPR and SWEPR.