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Besoins Humanitaires et Plan de Réponse 2024 (janvier 2024)

Operational Guidance Note: the use of schools, educational facilities and temporary learning centres as shelter

Ideally School buildings and education facilities should not be used as shelter by families who have been displaced due to conflict. Using school buildings as shelter denies displaced and host community children access to safe learning environments.However, in a case of mass displacement where no…

EDUCATION CLUSTER ASSESSMENT ON THE STATE OF EDUCATION IN CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC

At the time of this assessment in April 2015 the Central African Republic (CAR) was slowly recovering from two years of insecurity and political instability. Large areas of the country were still suffering from occupation by and in-fighting between various armed groups. This assessment was…

A Step Back: The impact of the recent crisis on education in Central African Republic

In December 2012, various rebel groups gathered under the monikerSéléka("coalition" in Sango) in the Central African Republic (CAR) and began a military campaign throughout the country, culminating in a coup d’étaton 24 March 2013.The education system has been severely affected.Schools closed(and…

Lessons Learned from Horn of Africa Drought Crisis

The purpose of this lessons learned exercise is to highlight the key elements of the Education Cluster coordination and response that worked well, which worked less well and why, and to articulate recommendations for improvement.

Ethical Principles, Dilemmas and Risks in Collecting Data on Violence against Children

Ethical guidelines are crucial when carrying out research on violence against children (VAC). This literature review is a contribution to the foundations for the development of such ethical guidelines. It aims to capture current thinking around ethical issues and provide empirical support to guide…

The Child Friendly Community Assessment Tools: A Facilitator’s Guide to the Local Assessment of Children’s Rights

This guidebook describes a detailed step-by-step process for broadly assessing and monitoring children’s living conditions in communities of cities and towns of different sizes as well as in rural communitie. The assessment process outlined in the guidebook enables the collection of community level…