News Kenya school attacked by al-Shabab, several students killed Suspected al-Shabab fighters attacked a primary school in Garissa county near the border with Somalia.
News Keeping the Promise: Ending Violence Against Children by 2030 The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development has an ambitious vision: to build a world free from fear and from violence for each and every child. 2019 is a milestone year for this ambition.
News Syria war: Artillery fire kills nine at school in rebel-held Idlib Syrian government artillery fire killed nine people, including five children, in opposition-held Idlib province on Wednesday, first responders say.
Resource JRS MHPSS Teacher Training Modules This 44-page document includes five 3-hour teacher training modules. Module 5 focuses on "Teacher Wellbeing." The resource was coincidentally made around the onset of COVID-19 but it addresses the larger need to support the psychosocial wellbeing of students, teachers, and the entire community, particularly in refugee settlements or other setting affected by protracted displacement.
Resource Engaging Children and Youth in Disaster Risk Reduction and Resilience Building This 2020 Words into Action guide on Engaging Children and Youth in Disaster Risk Reduction and Resilience Building offers access to global expertise, communities of practice and networks of practitioners with specific advice on how to support and engage children and youth.
Resource The climate in our hands – Ocean and Cryosphere, a teacher’s handbook for primary and secondary school The aim of this guide is to support teachers in implementing a range of activities on climate change and the ocean and cryosphere in their classrooms.
Resource Guidance note on developing a crisis-sensitive teacher policy The initiative intends to complement teacher policy development with the key provisions needed to ensure that a teacher policy will also be a crisis-sensitive policy.
Resource Note d’orientation sur l’élaboration d’une politique enseignante adaptée aux situations de crise Dans cette optique, s’appuyant sur son approche de partenariat, l’initiative entend compléter l’élaboration des politiques relatives aux enseignants par les dispositions clés nécessaires pour s’assurer que ces dernières soient également adaptées aux situations de crise.
Resource Introducción a la protección de la niñez y adolescencia en la acción humanitaria: Guía para la coordinación, la preparación y la respuesta La guía tiene como objetivo apoyar a los actores responsables de proteger a los niños, niñas y adolescentes de la región ofreciéndoles una síntesis de los elementos y herramientas claves para la coordinación, la preparación y la respuesta a situaciones de emergencia que afectan el bienestar y la integridad de los niños, niñas y adolescentes.
Resource Sector-wide analysis of early childhood development and education in emergencies in Colombia and considerations to strengthen systems globally The study outlines how the policy and program characteristics identified may represent levers or barriers to the effective operationalization of ECDEiE in Colombia. We discuss how these attributes could be considered in the trans-sectoral dialogue between ECDE and humanitarian actors with the aim of strengthening ECDEiE systems globally.
