Education Cannot Wait, UNICEF and Strategic Partners Announce US$2.5 Million ECW First Emergency Response Grant During High-Level Mission to Haiti with Total ECW Funding Topping US$15.8 Million

With rising violence, forced displacement and insecurity, 1.2 million Haitian children are in urgent need of life-saving education support.

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti, July 26, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — During a high-level UN mission to Haiti, Education Cannot Wait Executive Director Yasmine Sherif announced a fast-acting US$2.5 million First Emergency Response grant that will provide life-saving access to quality education for girls and boys impacted by the rise in violence, insecurity and forced displacement that has pushed millions of children into harm’s way. Total ECW funding in Haiti now tops US$15.8 million.