Rewrite the Future: Improving Education for Children in Conflict-affected and Fragile States

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Channel: WISE Channel · 2014 · Education

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In 2006, concerned about the appallingly low number of children in school in conflict-affected and fragile states (CAFS) and recognising that measures to increase enrolment were having little impact in those countries, Save the Children launched Rewrite the Future, a major global campaign to get 3 million of these children into school and improve the quality of education for a total of 8 million. In addition to working directly in over 20 countries, Save the Children lobbied governments, donors and international agencies to recognise the crucial role education plays in protecting these children and to take special measures to increase educational resources for them. 

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