📣Global Philanthropy and Education Leader @MaysaJalbout Appointed Director of @EduCannotWait – the global fund for education in crises
#ECW's HLSG Chair, H.E. #SigridKaag, made the announcement following a competitive international search led by a selection committee comprising representatives from @UNICEF, donor governments and civil society.
Read full PR: https://t.co/em4TngxaUT
🚀Just launched!
@EduCannotWait Portfolio Overview 2025
Key findings include:
💰$630M in active programmes across 31 crisis-affected countries
⚡Emergency response approvals reduced from 16 weeks in 2024 to 6 weeks in 2025
🌍 More than half of programmes integrate measures that help schools prepare for climate disasters.
👧58% of targeted learners are girls
Explore the full portfolio👇
https://t.co/mph768rM33
📊 Better data → Better decisions → Better outcomes.
@EduCannotWait is calling for proposals to strengthen how disability data is used to improve programme quality and inclusion in education in emergencies and crisis settings
🗓️ Submit by: 8 June 2026
🔗 Learn more: https://t.co/JyT1WNzUUU
Chad hosts 1.5 million refugees.
Over 500,000 of them are school-age children.
Every one of them has the right to learn.
With support from @EduCannotWait, thousands are back in classrooms, with trained teachers, safer spaces and the care they need to thrive.
Because education cannot wait. 📚💙
Education is the light that guides the future. 📚
In the Rohingya refugee camps, where each day carries its own struggles, education remains a source of hope—a path toward a brighter tomorrow.
We thank @EduCannotWait for joining hands with us in this mission. 📖
In Kapoeta North, @FondazioneAVSI conducted #Backtoschool awareness campaign at Korkomuge and Paringa Payams to encourage children from the host community to come back to school.
🙏 to @EduCannotWait & @MoGEI_SSD, this campaign ensures #everychild can report back to school.
📣 As the Foreign Affairs Council on Development meets today, global organisations including @PlanGlobal are urging EU Ministers to reaffirm education as a strategic priority of EU external action.
👉 Read the full letter: https://t.co/ofF5OkDJ2X
#FAC#FundEducation
Ten-year-old Shadrac Anyazaka does not hesitate when asked about his future. “After finishing my studies, I would like to become President of the Republic one day,” he tells visitors to his school in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).
https://t.co/BqUl49m1uB
📣@EduCannotWait warmly welcomes #Germany’s €100M commitment – a powerful and sustained investment in education for children affected by conflict and crisis.
As #ECW’s top donor, 🇩🇪is helping drive real impact, expanding access to quality education for girls and boys left furthest behind.
Thank you to @BMZ_Bund for stepping up at a critical moment and to @GlblCtzn & @JohnLegend for helping spotlight the urgent need to invest in #EiE.
At a time of rising needs, this pledge sends a clear message: education must remain a priority. Because when learning continues, so does #hope.
Just in — 🇩🇪 Germany's @BMZ_Bund appeared via video w/ @johnLegend to announce a pledge of €100M to @EduCannotWait— €20M a year from 2027 to 2031 — for children caught in conflict and crisis. This is what showing up for education looks like. Thank you! 📚 #GlobalCitizenNOW
Just in — 🇩🇪 Germany's @BMZ_Bund appeared via video w/ @johnLegend to announce a pledge of €100M to @EduCannotWait— €20M a year from 2027 to 2031 — for children caught in conflict and crisis. This is what showing up for education looks like. Thank you! 📚 #GlobalCitizenNOW
At the #UK Parliament, #ECW Director @MaysaJalbout had a valuable exchange with @BambosMP Charalambous, Chair of the APPG for Global Education.
Maysa thanked Bambos for his leadership and sustained advocacy – consistently elevating the needs of crisis-affected children and keeping global education high on the parliamentary agenda.
We look forward to continuing our collaboration with the #APPG and engaging parliamentarians on the impact of the UK’s £80M commitment to #ECW.
💬 La inclusión educativa no solo transforma la vida de una persona, transforma comunidades enteras. #EstudiANDO contruye oportunidades para que los niñas/os y adolescentes accedan al sistema educativo.
Un programa educativo financiado por @EduCannotWait#BusquedaActiva
Helping young people understand the world they are growing up in is absolutely vital.
@MaysaJalbout of @EduCannotWait attended the Irish Aid Our World Awards in Dublin last week to see how children in Ireland are learning about important global issues.
📣@EduCannotWait announces new #AccelerationFacility grant to #ODIGlobal, in partnership with @Oxfam, to address climate-induced loss & damage to education.
This initiative will build a strong evidence base and drive action – ensuring #education is recognized & included in global climate finance decisions, including under the @FRLossandDamage.
#ECW calls on donors to act now & secure a fair share of climate finance – so children can keep learning, even in the face of crises.
https://t.co/5SGli2bV9V
@FRLossandDamage@UNFCCC
📣 New #ECW Request for Proposals!
@EduCannotWait is calling for proposals to strengthen disability-inclusive data systems and programmatic quality in #EiEPC – ensuring more inclusive, safe and equitable learning for children with #disabilities.
🗓️ Deadline: 8 June 2026 (17:00 Geneva time)
🔗 Learn more: https://t.co/JyT1WNzUUU
Last week, 36 education stakeholders came together to assess gender equality in Mali's education system.
With @UNICEFMali, @Educannotwait & support from @NORAD, we used our GES Toolkit to identify barriers & strengthen education for girls.
🔗 https://t.co/GShqCGjr2w
👦🏽 Jhondervi sueña con ser experto en tecnología y fotografo. Cuando el acceso a la educación se garantiza, los proyectos de vida dejan de ser lejanos: https://t.co/bdij52LBxI
@EduCannotWait, @ChildFundEc, @Plan_Ecuador, @CABIPANC, @Educacion_EC
Great to see #Ireland reaffirming its commitment to delivering much needed support to crisis and conflict affected children and their right to #education in partnership with @EduCannotWait