Education in Emergencies

In emergency situations where there are no schools or where children face difficult circumstances such as full-time work, discrimination, or displacement due to conflict or natural disaster, ChildFund offers and supports non-formal educational opportunities in Child Centered Spaces. ChildFund’s Child Centered Spaces serve as safe havens where children can play and begin healing from the wounds of war, violence, and natural disasters. In northern Afghanistan, for example, these spaces have offered many children who had never gone to school a first opportunity to learn to read and write until government schools could open.
Examples of ChildFund's Educational Efforts

Boarding schools for Massai girls to encourage education instead of early marriage in Kenya.
Literacy courses for out-of-school youth and adults.

Formal and non-formal Living Values education.
After-school tutorial and mentoring assistance to children and youth.
Building schools, classrooms, and skills training centers for youth with no access to primary or post-primary education.

Peace-building schools and educational programs in conflict or post-conflict areas.
Establishing Child Centered Spaces in areas affected by war or natural disaster.
Providing Accelerated Primary Education for ex-combatants, children, and youth affected by war.
Skills training to help youth prepare for entry-level jobs in computers, carpentry, tailoring, secretarial, auto mechanics, and other job fields.

Direct assistance to children in need through high school scholarships and the provision of school supplies and school fees.
Promoting youth leadership and participation in community transformation processes.
Teacher training.