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- Together for Learning is an international campaign to promote education for refugee, forcibly displaced and host community children and youth.
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Together for Learning is an international 3-year campaign to promote quality education and lifelong learning for children and youth who are: refugees; forcibly displaced from their home region, due to violence, natural disasters or other causes; living in host communities where refugees or displaced people are staying
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- Together for Learning – About - Affaires mondiales Canada
On March 30 and 31, 2022, Canada hosted the Together for...
- Call for Concept Notes – Education for Refugee and Displaced Children ...
On March 30 and 31, 2022, Canada hosted the Together for Learning Summit: Engaging Displaced Youth to Transform Education. Through interactive virtual sessions, participants had the opportunity to learn from the educational experiences of displaced youth, engaging with them as problem solvers and decision makers.
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The COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted the education of 9 out of 10 learners worldwide, millions of them children living in countries facing a humanitarian crisis. The impacts are particularly severe for refugees and other forcibly displaced children and youth, especially girls, who are most at risk of being left behind.
February 8, 2021 - Ottawa, Ontario - Global Affairs Canada
The COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted the education of 9 out of 10 learners worldwide, millions of them children living in countries facing a humanitarian crisis. The impacts are particularly severe for refugees and other forcibly displaced children and youth, especially girls, who are most at risk of being left behind.
Today, the Honourable Karina Gould, Minister of International Development, announced the launch of the Together for Learning campaign, a 3-year, international, targeted effort to promote quality education and lifelong learning for refugees, forcibly displaced and host-community children and youth.
Minister Gould also launched the Refugee Education Council, a key initiative of this campaign. The council is made up of youth advocates, women, teachers, parents and community leaders who are living as refugees or forcibly displaced persons, or living in communities that host them. Their knowledge and experience will shape solutions and approaches to help address education needs.
The Together for Learning campaign will focus on 4 key areas of work: the delivery of effective programs building on Canada’s Charlevoix Education Initiative, amplifying local voices, diplomatic engagement and improving the quality, availability and use of data to guide efforts and ensure effectiveness.
“By listening to, learning from and acting on the advice of refugees and forcibly displaced people, we will increase local capacity and make room for new and diverse ways of programming and delivering education. The Together for Learning campaign will strengthen partnerships and unite global stakeholders, national governments, communities and youth to drive global change. Together we will ensure we do not lose hard-won gains in education and that the future of all children and youth is full of hope.”
- Karina Gould, Minister of International Development
“My dream has been to improve the identity, image and reputation of refugees, to become a role model to young ladies and to be an advocate for other forcibly displaced children and youth who don’t have a platform to have their voices heard. I have already achieved some of these ambitions, and I look forward to using my role on the council to help even more refugees reach their full potential through education.”
- Foni Joyce Vuni, community worker and youth activist, Refugee Education Council member
“The need of refugees and displaced people to be educated, have a voice, and be included in their own solutions is something I learned first-hand, as a South Sudanese refugee who was raised in Uganda. It is this experience of marginalization that led me to join the Refugee Education Council. I believe that it’s significant for refugees and internally displaced people to be not only provided with quality education, but to also have the space to articulate their own needs. By integrating the expertise of refugees, Canada can lead other donor countries by example.”
- Malual Bol Kiir, refugee leader and advocate, Refugee Education Council member
•Approximately 3.7 million refugee children are out of school, according to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees.
•Girls are 2.5 times more likely to be out of school if they live in conflict-affected countries. For every 10 refugee boys enrolled in secondary-level education, there are only about 7 refugee girls.
•The Refugee Education Council was created in partnership with the Canadian International Education Policy Working Group (CIEPWG), a network of development, humanitarian and advocacy partners working to advance global education policy and programs for the world’s most vulnerable children and youth. The council will be hosted by World Vision Canada.
•The CIEPWG is made up of the following Canadian organizations: Canadian Feed the Children, Canadian Teachers Federation, Children Believe, CODE, Global Citizen, Grandmothers Advocacy Network, ONE Canada, Plan International Canada, Results Canada, Right to Play, Save the Children Canada, SOS Children’s Villages, War Child Canada, UNICEF Canada, World Vision Canada and World University Service of Canada. The network is co-chaired by Right to Play and UNICEF Canada.
•Backgrounder - Refugee Education Council members
- Global Affairs Canada
Mar 31, 2022 · The Honourable Harjit S. Sajjan, Minister of International Development and Minister responsible for the Pacific Economic Development Agency of Canada, hosted Canada’s Together for Learning Summit: Engaging Displaced Youth to Transform Education, from March 30 to 31, 2022.
- Global Affairs Canada
Feb 16, 2023 · Canada’s Together for Learning campaign, launched in February 2021, strives to strengthen partnerships and bring together stakeholders to promote quality education and lifelong learning opportunities for children and youth experiencing forced displacement due to conflicts and crises.
- Global Affairs Canada
Feb 8, 2021 · OTTAWA, CANADA, 8 FEBRUARY 2021 – UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, welcomed today “Together for Learning” – a new three-year campaign from Global Affairs Canada that will support quality education for refugee and displaced youth, and host communities that welcome them.
The Together for Learning campaign will promote quality education and lifelong learning opportunities for refugee and displaced children and youth by strengthening political will and programming in this regard.
