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From the ground up: education and livelihoods in South Sudan
Women's Refugee Commission, 2007This report is based on the findings of a field mission to southern Sudan to assess education and livelihood programmes, including formal and non-formal education, vocational training, income generation and micro-credit.It finds that the provision of education and training in the region and in displaced persons’ camps during the conflict have been grossly inadequate.DocumentEducation in Darfur: a critical component of humanitarian response
Women's Refugee Commission, 2006After nearly four years of conflict, there is still a lack of quality and appropriate education for the more than one million children and youth displaced from Darfur.DocumentRight to education during displacement: a resource for organisations working with refugees and internally displaced persons
Women's Refugee Commission, 2006This resource is the first in a series of tools that identifies everyone's right to education, with a focus on refugees, returnees and internally displaced persons (IDPs). This version is designed for use by local, regional and international organisations, United Nations (UN) agencies, government agencies and education personnel working with displaced communities.DocumentAfter the storm: economic activities among children and youth in return areas in post war Liberia: the case of Voinjama
Institute for Applied International Studies, Norway, 2006This report documents the kinds of formal and informal work that children and youth may be involved with in the context of a return situation in a fragile or a post conflict environment.Concentrating specifically on the experiences of Liberian refugees returning to Voinjama in Lofa Country the paper considers the following: the children living in Voinjamadisplacement patterns and reDocumentEducation in emergencies: learning for a peaceful future
Forced Migration Review, 2005Forced Migration Review focuses on issues facing refugees and internally displaced people in order to improve policy and practice and to involve refugees and IDPs in programme design and implementation.DocumentLearning independence: education in emergency and transition in Timor-Leste since 1999
International Institute for Educational Planning, UNESCO, 2004This paper examines the educational response in East Timor during periods of conflict and peacekeeping when there was large scale displacement across the border to West Timor, and massive destruction of infrastructure.DocumentRe-conceiving war-affected children: from passive victims to active survivors
id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2003Is it time that education in emergencies occupied a more prominent place in humanitarian thinking? How can education help protect the physical and psychological wellbeing of children in war-affected or displaced communities? How can such children act to help protect themselves? What are the risks for kids and for agencies running education programmes in war-affected environments?DocumentLearning for a future: refugee education in developing countries
United Nations [UN] High Commission for Refugees, 2002Looks at education as a vehicle for rebuilding refugee children’s lives, through social interaction and gaining knowledge and skills for their future lives.It reviews the state of the art, identifys key issues and best practices, and aims to assist in updating UNHCR guidelines for assistance to refugee education in developing countries.DocumentRefugee education in Kenya: education for a peaceful and sustainable future
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, 2000This article discusses the aims and level of success of two programmes piloted in Kenyan refugee camps aiming to enrich education: an environmental education, and a peace education programme.