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#ECW5: EDUCATION CANNOT WAIT MARKS ITS 5TH ANNIVERSARY OF RESULTS FOR CRISIS-AFFECTED CHILDREN AND YOUTH

In just five years, the UN’s global fund for education in emergencies has reached 5 million children. These are the stories from the donors and partners that made it happen.

By Education Cannot Wait

May 28^th, 2021

On May 24, Education Cannot Wait (ECW) celebrated its five-year anniversary with the launch of the #ECW5 campaign. National governments, donors, partners, UN agencies, civil society organizations, the private sector, celebrities and more joined the campaign.

In this photo essay, we celebrate the champions that have supported this breakout fund in reaching 5 million children and youth in its first five years of operation, along with an additional 10 million that were reached through the Fund's COVID-19 education in emergency response. Learn more in Education Cannot Wait's Case for Investment.

#ECW5: EDUCATION CANNOT WAIT MARKS ITS 5TH ANNIVERSARY OF RESULTS FOR CRISIS-AFFECTED CHILDREN AND YOUTH

#ECW5: EDUCATION CANNOT WAIT MARKS ITS 5TH ANNIVERSARY OF RESULTS FOR CRISIS-AFFECTED CHILDREN AND YOUTH

#ECW5: EDUCATION CANNOT WAIT MARKS ITS 5TH ANNIVERSARY OF RESULTS FOR CRISIS-AFFECTED CHILDREN AND YOUTH

#ECW5: EDUCATION CANNOT WAIT MARKS ITS 5TH ANNIVERSARY OF RESULTS FOR CRISIS-AFFECTED CHILDREN AND YOUTH

#ECW5: EDUCATION CANNOT WAIT MARKS ITS 5TH ANNIVERSARY OF RESULTS FOR CRISIS-AFFECTED CHILDREN AND YOUTH

Quotes from Public Donors

#ECW5: EDUCATION CANNOT WAIT MARKS ITS 5TH ANNIVERSARY OF RESULTS FOR CRISIS-AFFECTED CHILDREN AND YOUTH

#ECW5: EDUCATION CANNOT WAIT MARKS ITS 5TH ANNIVERSARY OF RESULTS FOR CRISIS-AFFECTED CHILDREN AND YOUTH

#ECW5: EDUCATION CANNOT WAIT MARKS ITS 5TH ANNIVERSARY OF RESULTS FOR CRISIS-AFFECTED CHILDREN AND YOUTH

#ECW5: EDUCATION CANNOT WAIT MARKS ITS 5TH ANNIVERSARY OF RESULTS FOR CRISIS-AFFECTED CHILDREN AND YOUTH

#ECW5: EDUCATION CANNOT WAIT MARKS ITS 5TH ANNIVERSARY OF RESULTS FOR CRISIS-AFFECTED CHILDREN AND YOUTH

Quotes from Private Sector Donors

#ECW5: EDUCATION CANNOT WAIT MARKS ITS 5TH ANNIVERSARY OF RESULTS FOR CRISIS-AFFECTED CHILDREN AND YOUTH

#ECW5: EDUCATION CANNOT WAIT MARKS ITS 5TH ANNIVERSARY OF RESULTS FOR CRISIS-AFFECTED CHILDREN AND YOUTH

#ECW5: EDUCATION CANNOT WAIT MARKS ITS 5TH ANNIVERSARY OF RESULTS FOR CRISIS-AFFECTED CHILDREN AND YOUTH

#ECW5: EDUCATION CANNOT WAIT MARKS ITS 5TH ANNIVERSARY OF RESULTS FOR CRISIS-AFFECTED CHILDREN AND YOUTH

#ECW5: EDUCATION CANNOT WAIT MARKS ITS 5TH ANNIVERSARY OF RESULTS FOR CRISIS-AFFECTED CHILDREN AND YOUTH

Quotes from UN Partners

#ECW5: EDUCATION CANNOT WAIT MARKS ITS 5TH ANNIVERSARY OF RESULTS FOR CRISIS-AFFECTED CHILDREN AND YOUTH

#ECW5: EDUCATION CANNOT WAIT MARKS ITS 5TH ANNIVERSARY OF RESULTS FOR CRISIS-AFFECTED CHILDREN AND YOUTH

#ECW5: EDUCATION CANNOT WAIT MARKS ITS 5TH ANNIVERSARY OF RESULTS FOR CRISIS-AFFECTED CHILDREN AND YOUTH

#ECW5: EDUCATION CANNOT WAIT MARKS ITS 5TH ANNIVERSARY OF RESULTS FOR CRISIS-AFFECTED CHILDREN AND YOUTH

#ECW5: EDUCATION CANNOT WAIT MARKS ITS 5TH ANNIVERSARY OF RESULTS FOR CRISIS-AFFECTED CHILDREN AND YOUTH

Quotes from Ministers of Education

#ECW5: EDUCATION CANNOT WAIT MARKS ITS 5TH ANNIVERSARY OF RESULTS FOR CRISIS-AFFECTED CHILDREN AND YOUTH

#ECW5: EDUCATION CANNOT WAIT MARKS ITS 5TH ANNIVERSARY OF RESULTS FOR CRISIS-AFFECTED CHILDREN AND YOUTH

#ECW5: EDUCATION CANNOT WAIT MARKS ITS 5TH ANNIVERSARY OF RESULTS FOR CRISIS-AFFECTED CHILDREN AND YOUTH

#ECW5: EDUCATION CANNOT WAIT MARKS ITS 5TH ANNIVERSARY OF RESULTS FOR CRISIS-AFFECTED CHILDREN AND YOUTH

#ECW5: EDUCATION CANNOT WAIT MARKS ITS 5TH ANNIVERSARY OF RESULTS FOR CRISIS-AFFECTED CHILDREN AND YOUTH

Quotes from Civil Society Organizations

#ECW5: EDUCATION CANNOT WAIT MARKS ITS 5TH ANNIVERSARY OF RESULTS FOR CRISIS-AFFECTED CHILDREN AND YOUTH

#ECW5: EDUCATION CANNOT WAIT MARKS ITS 5TH ANNIVERSARY OF RESULTS FOR CRISIS-AFFECTED CHILDREN AND YOUTH

#ECW5: EDUCATION CANNOT WAIT MARKS ITS 5TH ANNIVERSARY OF RESULTS FOR CRISIS-AFFECTED CHILDREN AND YOUTH

#ECW5: EDUCATION CANNOT WAIT MARKS ITS 5TH ANNIVERSARY OF RESULTS FOR CRISIS-AFFECTED CHILDREN AND YOUTH

Video Playlist

Press play to view #ECW5 video messages from: The Rt. Hon. Gordon Brown, UN Special Envoy for Global Education and Chair of Education Cannot Wait’s High-Level Steering Group; Henrietta H. Fore, UNICEF Executive Director; Yasmine Sherif, Executive Director of Education Cannot Wait; Alicia Herbert, FCDO Director, Education, Gender, Equality and Special Envoy on Gender Equality; Dag Inge Ulstein, Norway’s Minister of International Development; Filippo Grandi, UN High Commissioner for Refugees; Jutta Urpilainen, EU Commissioner for International Partnerships; Kitty van der Heijden, Vice Minister for International Cooperation, The Netherlands; Tariq Al Gurg, CEO Dubai Cares; Stefania Giannini, UNESCO’s Assistant Director-General for Education; Dean Brooks, Director INEE; and Casey Affleck, Academy Award-winning actor.

Impact

#ECW5: EDUCATION CANNOT WAIT MARKS ITS 5TH ANNIVERSARY OF RESULTS FOR CRISIS-AFFECTED CHILDREN AND YOUTH

#ECW5: EDUCATION CANNOT WAIT MARKS ITS 5TH ANNIVERSARY OF RESULTS FOR CRISIS-AFFECTED CHILDREN AND YOUTH

#ECW5: EDUCATION CANNOT WAIT MARKS ITS 5TH ANNIVERSARY OF RESULTS FOR CRISIS-AFFECTED CHILDREN AND YOUTH

#ECW5: EDUCATION CANNOT WAIT MARKS ITS 5TH ANNIVERSARY OF RESULTS FOR CRISIS-AFFECTED CHILDREN AND YOUTH

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