© UNICEF/UNI340770 A nine-year-old studies at her shelter in a Rohingya refugee camp in southern Bangladesh. She is supported by her mother and teacher, as the education centre at the camp is closed due to COVID. While children in every country have struggled with the impact of COVID-19 on their education, refugee children have been […]
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‘Emergency’ for global education, as fewer than half world’s students cannot return to school
© UNICEF/Frank Dejongh Children in Côte d’Ivoire wear face masks as they return to school after temporary closures due to COVID-19. Classes for more than 450 million students starting the new academic year are expected to be entirely remote – or for some, a mix of distance and in-person learning – the UN education and […]
Uncomfortable bedfellows: balancing health and economics in a global crisis
COVID-19 threatens the health and wellbeing of millions of people the world over, through malnutrition, preventable disease, delayed diagnoses and psychological hardship. All these threats co-exist with the threat of the virus itself, and are consequences of economic and social ‘lockdowns’ imposed by governments to curb the spread of COVID-19. Understanding the intimate link between […]
UN agencies call for urgent disembarkation of hundreds rescued in the Mediterranean
Frontex/Francesco Malavolta Migrants crossing the Mediterranean Sea are rescued by a Belgian ship (file photo). Hundreds of rescued migrants and refugees currently on board three vessels in the Central Mediterranean, some of whom have been stuck at sea for weeks, must be brought to shore immediately, two UN agencies said on Saturday. The International Organization for […]
‘Widespread’ COVID-19 transmission, limited testing, deepen Syria’s humanitarian woes
© OCHA In Syria, displaced people wear face masks and practice social distancing. COVID-19 is having a dramatic impact on health services in Syria, where limited testing is obscuring the real extent of the pandemic, the UN’s Deputy Emergency Relief Coordinator said on Thursday. “Reports of healthcare facilities filling up, of rising numbers of death […]
UNESCO launches Beirut recovery fund for culture, heritage and education
UNESCO Audrey Azoulay, UNESCO’s Director-General (left), visits a school in Beirut which was damaged by the explosion on August 4th. To support the rehabilitation of schools, historic heritage buildings, museums and the creative economy, which suffered extensive damage in the deadly explosions that shook Beirut earlier this month, the head of the UN cultural agency […]