Yasmine Sherif, Director of Education Cannot Wait said that the number of children and youth in armed conflict, has increased from 75 million to 222 million “over the past four or five years only.” UNIFEED
The ongoing war in Ukraine has marred the start of a new school year for Ukraine’s four million schoolchildren, stated UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell as she concluded a three-day visit across the country. UNICEF
Launching the Education Cannot Wait’s (ECW) new Annual Results Report, Director Yasmine Sherif told journalists in New York that there are 78.2 million children in conflict affected areas “that don’t even go to school,” while another190 million that receive some education “but can’t read and write, they can’t do math.” UNIFEED