Sharon, Julia, Ashan, Dualle and Di at the #EmergencyLessons finale in Brussels
In 2015, a violent earthquake in Nepal killed nearly 9000 people and children’s lives were shaken apart. Despite the destruction, hope flies high in the community. What does school mean to you? Children answered to this question in emoji and it’s simply inspiring: 😊😄😜💛🎨☀️. For children in emergencies, school is as vital as food and medicine.
Do you remember your favourite teacher?
Check out this month’s #EmergencyLessons to see what an amazing teacher is doing for children living through the conflict in Ukraine.
Last year, an earthquake killed 8,800 people in Nepal. It also destroyed Susma and Milan’s school. But thanks to #EmergencyLessons, they’re still learning while their new school is built. And they’re still focused on their dream jobs.
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#EmergencyLessons: Walking to school
Join Ali and Gaith on their walk to school, through Harsham IDP camp in Iraq. These boys never thought they would miss the simple act of walking to school. w...
Join Ali and Gaith on their walk to school, through Harsham IDP camp in Iraq. These boys never thought they would miss the simple act of walking to school. #EmergencyLessons
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Emergency Lessons: My school photo | Ukraine
"I dream of going back home to Donetsk." Meet Yaroslav and Nastya, two of 580,000 children directly affected by the conflict in East Ukraine since 2014. Chil...
“I dream of going back home to Donetsk.” Meet Yaroslav and Nastya, two of 580,000 children directly affected by the conflict in East Ukraine since 2014. Children in the most conflict-affected areas have lost months of schooling or have to cross checkpoints just to get to school. Despite the challenges, approximately 70,000 displaced children have been enrolled in new schools.
School means more than a classroom and homework for many of these children. Unicef and EU’s work in Ukraine responds to these children’s needs in promoting an environment where they can learn life skills, conflict resolution and peace-building techniques.
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Emergency Lessons campaign - Schools' pack
Download our school’s pack to teach your students about the role and
importance of education in emergencies, as part of the EU-UNICEF Education in
Emergencies campaign – Emergency Lessons.
We are aiming to raise awareness and increase understanding and support amongst young
Europeans of the vital role education plays for children in emergencies. We hope your staff
and students find the information included in this pack engaging and useful.
Unicef UK Ambassador Tom Hiddleston reacts to M'mah and Adamah #EmergencyLesson from Guinea. M'mah and Adamah both survived an Ebola outbreak. Share your favourite school activity to support these girls, and others just like them. #EmergencyLessons
What’s your favourite activity at school? For M’mah and Adamah it’s the radio, which has played a key role in their lives in the last couple of years. Schools provide more than an education. Children can learn about the importance of safe water and good hygiene and get the care they need to stay healthy.
In Guinea, the 2014 Ebola outbreak suspended school for many children. Many girls will never get the opportunity to return. Watch and share the latest #EmergencyLessons video
Malak and Rapu in Iraq asked everyone to talk about their best friend at school, as part of #EmergencyLessons. Here, Unicef UK Ambassador Tom Hiddleston talks about his best friend Joey - they used to cheer each other up at boarding school when they both got homesick. Please watch and share, and tell us about your best friend.
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and Rapu will never underestimate the value of friendship. After fleeing their
homes in Iraq and Syria, they became good friends at a school for displaced
children in Erbil, Iraq. Schools are where lifelong friends can be made. When children are out of
school, they not only lose out on education but on the chance to make friends. This #EmergencyLessons video celebrates friendship and
the importance of education in crisis and conflict. Please watch and share!
Children around the world share the same desire to go to school. Yet, millions lack the opportunity to do so.
Although more children are in school and learning than ever before, nearly 58 million children of primary school age are still out of school. Let’s make sure #EVERYchild has a fair chance to learn.
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Children in the Jalozai camp pose with their school materials in one of the learning centres set up by EU and UNICEF.
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“I would like to do well so that I can help my parents.”
Ahmat, 14 from Chad, loves learning. But schools in his country - one of the poorest in the world - face enormous challenges and are often overcrowded and understaffed. Watch how Unicef are helping revitalize the education system so children like Ahmat can achieve their goals. #EmergencyLessons
Tom Hiddleston, #EmergencyLessons Ambassador, talks with children in Guinea about why school is important to them.
© UNICEF/Borden/2013