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Education Cannot Wait – First Emergency Response

A Joint Initiative By

Project Description

This project is an ECW-funded emergency education response designed to support flood-affected children and adolescents in Pakistan.
- Focuses on restoring access to safe, inclusive, and quality education
- Includes school rehabilitation, temporary learning spaces, and learning materials
- Integrates Mental Health and Psychosocial Support (MHPSS), Child Protection, Gender, and Inclusion (PGI)
- Strengthens teachers, school systems, and community engagement
- Targets out-of-school children and vulnerable groups (girls, children with disabilities, minorities)

Donors

Education Cannot Wait (ECW) (primary donor funding the FER programme)

Impact

The project aims to achieve:

  • Access to education for 34,483 children (ages 3–16)
  • Strengthened teacher capacity (540 teachers)
  • Rehabilitation of 180 schools

Overall goal

Ensure inclusive, safe, and quality education for flood-affected children in Punjab and KP.

Locations

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP): Swat
Punjab: Sialkot, Narowal, Jhang, Chiniot

Key deliverables (outputs):

  • Rehabilitation of schools & temporary classrooms (180 schools)

  • Provision of learning materials to children and teachers

  • Teacher training on MHPSS, PGI, inclusive education

  • Support for children with disabilities (assistive devices, referrals)

  • Enrollment & re-enrollment of out-of-school children

  • School/community capacity building (SMCs, referral systems)

  • MHPSS and protection services for children and communities

  • Awareness sessions and IEC materials for communities and parents

  • Development of referral pathways (GBV, CP, MHPSS)

  • Monitoring, documentation, and reporting systems (MIS)

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