Children in Crisis Want Education More than Money, Food or Water

Children overwhelmingly identify education as their top priority at times of crisis, a new report by Save the Children shows today.

Education Against the Odds provides the largest analysis of what children – rather than aid planners – say they need during humanitarian emergencies.

The report’s surprising findings reveal children are more than twice as likely to rank going to school as their top concern, compared to immediate needs like food, water, shelter or money.