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At Educo we work to ensure the right to education in all circumstances and guarantee that children in crisis contexts have the opportunity to enjoy this right and equitable and quality education processes, in spaces that are safe, protective and ensure their wellbeing.

Our work in education in emergencies involves responding to the immediate consequences of a crisis, acknowledging that we are facing interlinked and prolonged crises that inevitably require a comprehensive and long-term approach. For this reason, Educo works with the Nexus approach which enables us to respond to the immediate reality of children and young people, while at the same time promoting longer lasting actions to address the structural causes of vulnerabilities.

We place children and their communities at the centre, working hand in hand with local actors with strong roots in the community. We think it is essential for the specific needs and problems of children and adolescents affected by crisis to be recorded, acknowledged, and taken into consideration in the development and implementation of our programs. We listen to their views on the response to the crisis, encourage them to participate in the decision-making processes that affect their lives and empower them to contribute directly to solutions according to their developing capacities. We know that this has a positive impact on their recovery, strengthens their resilience to future crises and enables them to be effective humanitarian actors.

Likewise, in the climate crisis context and ongoing environmental degradation, it is key to integrate disaster risk reduction in education and the strengthening of children’s resilience. We do this by addressing the complexity of disaster risks, taking into account the specific vulnerabilities and capacities of children and adolescents, educational structures, and the communities they live in.

Through our work in this area, we have been able to reach 125,000 children and adolescents and their communities in the last four years across four continents with interventions in Latin America, Europe, Asia, and Sub-Saharan Africa.

At Educo we know that education is much more than a right; it is the key to returning to a longedfor routine, a place to continue learning, a place to reconnect with classmates, to play, to go back to being a child without any more worries. It is a place that takes them away from the terrible reality they are living in, that prtects them and gives them shelter.

Source

https://reliefweb.int/report/world/education-emergencies-urgent-right