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Read more: https://t.co/ECS4ZQGb7A .@NRC_Norway urges #Israel to abide by its obligations not to commit attacks against school children and education, and calls on governments to apply pressure on Israel to comply with international law and ensure children’s safe access to education ⬇️ https://t.co/ECS4ZQGb7A PRESS RELEASE: #Israeli forces, private security guards, and settlers launched an average of 10 attacks per month on #WestBank kindergarten and #school #students, staff and facilities between January 2018 and June 2020.
Read more: https://t.co/ECS4ZQGb7A “This is my home. Why would you kick me out of my home? We will become homeless. It feels like a funeral to me”-Ahlam, 49, from #Mosul has been living in Hammam Al Alil since 2018 is now forced to leave the camp.
https://t.co/GkLdQZ9hbY https://t.co/oe1T8oL6aT 2⃣.@NRC_Egeland via @BBCWorld: "Anything short of such measures will expose tens of thousands of displaced Iraqis to continued deprivation, rejection and violence."
Read more:https://t.co/WznjtlvHLM 1⃣.@NRC_Norway calls on the #Iraq'i government to inform families of camp closures at least a month in advance so that they can make necessary arrangements, and to ensure co-ordination with their areas of origin so they are not turned away at checkpoints.
https://t.co/WznjtlvHLM “Closing camps before residents are willing or able to return to their homes does little to end the #displacement crisis. On the contrary, it keeps scores of displaced #Iraqis trapped in this vicious cycle of displacement”- @NRC_Egeland via @washingtonpost
https://t.co/BTYHwZgUPC ⚠️Many displaced #Iraq'is are forced to return to neighbourhoods that are still totally destroyed
⚠️They also risk being blocked at checkpoints, or even arrested, because of lack of security clearance and perceived affiliation with armed groups
Read more:https://t.co/GkLdQZ9hbY PRESS RELEASE: The ongoing rapid closure of #displacement camps in #Iraq is rendering homeless more than 100,000 people in the middle of the #COVID19 #pandemic and at the onset of winter.
Read more: https://t.co/GkLdQZ9hbY The war in #Yemen has forced people from their homes on a scale difficult to imagine.
A new project is helping 200,000 people to survive this, the world’s worst humanitarian crisis.
Funded by @eu_echo, and partnering with @DRC_MiddleEast @IOM_Yemen @ACTEDYemen
Watch more ⬇️ https://t.co/bImpg7OBHZ Our team in #Jordan is providing training to 185 teachers to help students and families adapt to #remotelearning.
The training will help them address some of the challenges they face amid #Covid_19 and #school closures.
In partnership with @eu_echo https://t.co/hr7Zpyu4G1 #Lebanon: Lody's home was destroyed in the #BeirutExplosion. She's one of worst affected 300 families to receive help by @NRC_MiddleEast emergency response funded by @afd_mideast. The @AmbaFranceLiban ambassador @grillo_anne & NRC's @Carlo_Gherardi visited her today https://t.co/gGoaAjE1dO Winter will worsen conditions for the most vulnerable in #Lebanon. Tens of thousands of people made homeless by the explosion in #Beirut risk being left out in the rain & cold unless aid funding is stepped up
https://t.co/zsMC0hR35e “This is a tale of three crises.”
Today, our colleague Ali has shared his personal story with @devex. Read his moving account of the moment the unthinkable happened to his family, and why #Yemen needs our attention — before it's too late. https://t.co/ROq9KOGSSr “If I ever decided to return to #Syria I wouldn’t have been able to take my unregistered daughters with me,” says Hassan.
Our team in #Lebanon helped Hassan to obtain birth certificates for his daughters, with the support of @FCDOGovUK
Read more: https://t.co/WuPdtCLUFw Meanwhile in Federal #Iraq, 8 months have gone by since schools shut down, leaving hundreds of thousands of children in limbo. The ministry of #education has been busy arranging final exams but has yet to confirm plans for the new year
Read more here: https://t.co/AIaI3sAuK2 At this camp for displaced #Iraq'is, children of ALL GRADES can now return to school 2 days/week and get a chance to continue learning.
We welcome the initiative taken by #Dohuk’s local authorities to facilitate displaced children’s safe access to #education in difficult times https://t.co/9TL2wf4XIG #BREAKING: Record numbers of young children in #Yemen suffer from acute malnutrition.
But funding to help is at a 4-year low.
Malnutrition means a child’s muscle, metabolism, immune system, and kidneys begin to be affected. We must stop this, and now: https://t.co/aIGYn4C2NT #Lebanon: Randa has been displaced five times since she left her home in #Syria. Now she might lose the last thread of her family's protection – the roof over their heads.
Read more on how NRC supported by @ECHO_MiddleEast is trying to help: https://t.co/NLYLTXNh3Z “There are many young people like me. We are imprisoned; we cannot go out, we lost our education and we would like a chance to work”- Salma
Youth in #Syria shared their stories in our report on the conflict’s impact on their lives.
Supported by: @eu_echo
https://t.co/qgNOy84Xsw https://t.co/rc6vV1OQL7 Since the beginning of 2020, #Israel has demolished 555 structures in the #WestBank which include 217 residential properties and 45 water, sanitation and hygiene facilities.
⚠️ 93 of the destroyed or seized structures have been provided by donor states as humanitarian relief. https://t.co/wY6mJvKhsK ⚠️ Three schools have been partially or fully demolished the #WestBank, including East #Jerusalem by #Israel.
⚠️ 52 other schools are under threat of demolition including an @eu_echo funded school.
Read more: https://t.co/7DTDWUIYEy https://t.co/llvdsfWLci ⚠️ These children don't know if their school will still be around.
⚠️ #Israel wants to destroy it.
Read more: https://t.co/7DTDWUIYEy https://t.co/nim2lMXxcu On #GlobalHandwashingDay, @NRC_MiddleEast #Bekaa team organised activities for #Syria’n children in informal tented settlements in #Lebanon that emphasise correct handwashing practices as a major #COVID_19 prevention measure through the support of @Sida https://t.co/Lpadis5cJt The #Israeli military confiscated construction materials and tools on four occasions between 31 August and 10 September, under the pretext that the school lacked an Israeli-issued building permit.
https://t.co/7DTDWUIYEy #Palestine: We are deeply concerned by the #Israeli military’s planned demolition of @eu_echo funded Palestinian primary school in Ras At-Tin.
50 students would be affected and would have to walk around 5 km to access the nearest school.
Read more: https://t.co/7DTDWUIYEy https://t.co/3ElOKuzgY4 “I used to feel jealous, seeing my friends go to school when I couldn’t," says Reem, 15.
NRC team in #Syria enables children to return to the classroom to learn, develop friendships, and grow mentally and emotionally: https://t.co/iF3i0OYQSD #COVID19 has massively disrupted formal education structures globally, but in #Iraq, it weighs down heavily on the future of millions of children who have already lost years of schooling during the conflict with IS”- @NRC_Norway's Rishana Haniffa from Iraq https://t.co/MxfcrxU00F Learning gaps in #Iraq were massive.
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#School closures have deepened the rifts.
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Over half of the #displaced children didn’t go to school before #COVID19.
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Read more: https://t.co/MxfcrxU00F “Sometimes I get so stressed I go silent and numb,” says Salam, 15 who lives in a displacement camp in #Iraq.
1 out of 2 displaced children surveyed by NRC said they are “very” or “extremely stressed” because of the pandemic. Access to #education is one of their top 3 concerns🔽 https://t.co/qvdKpo8IwM 34% of #displaced people in #Iraq don’t have a smartphone with online access.
83% of #children in camps in Iraq didn't receive any type of schooling in April.
Read our latest findings from #Iraq: https://t.co/MxfcrxU00F https://t.co/pxIz0qwc4l Is it safe to go back to #school?
This month, parents around the world are asking whether it’s safe for their #children to return to school. This same dilemma is playing out in #Yemen, where schools have been closed since March because of #coronavirus.
ERROR: type should be string, got "https://t.co/qB4OiNYUxN Jamal and Huda are from #Aleppo, #Syria. Now, aged 14, they are going to #school for the first time in their lives. https://t.co/xOxyMeFHeu #Jordan: due to the technical challenges related to distance learning, over 75% of Syrian students in Jordan have dropped out of school. Remedial classes are key to ensuring dropout rates do not increase further. https://t.co/eBiZfRFfpX A fire in #Yemen destroyed the homes of over 60 displaced people. NRC received a call at 1am, and our teams were on the ground within hours. Luckily there were no injuries – and we have provided food and materials for rebuilding. https://t.co/iJniCqxUlj “My son is two years old & his birth had not been registered until now. I can’t express how relieved I feel,” says Ahmad, a #Syria'n #refugee who received his son’s birth certificate from @NRC_MiddleEast legal clinic in Baalbek, #Lebanon"
Thanks for the support of @FCDOGovUK https://t.co/SPG9iKgjef Neji is among the 83% of #Syria'n #refugees living below the extreme #poverty line in #Lebanon. "The unstable financial situation & the coronavirus pandemic have left us with no means to provide for ourselves," says Neji.
Read more about Neji’s life: https://t.co/SjxZI1j7W2 Barfe, 20, dreams of becoming a police officer. But as a result of the #Covid_19 situation in #Iraq, her exams are constantly postponed.
– I get very anxious, she says. https://t.co/3H1LDDppMZ While #Yemen is rapidly facing a new famine, Yemeni farms have been hit at least 918 times by airstrikes and shelling in less than three years, further exacerbating Yemen’s severe food crisis. https://t.co/zHxHmo2rY7 This is Amal. She lives in #Yemen and has volunteered to show you around her school. In the next few weeks, she’s hoping to go back to class, despite #Covid_19.
She hopes you enjoy the tour!
Supported by @eu_echo https://t.co/ft0U3wdHSb #Syria tops list of most new conflict-related displacements in the six months of 2020.
Read more here: https://t.co/i4prKlreXd https://t.co/x7WrRFSglY The devastating economic impact of the #COVID related measures is tipping many into a hunger, homelessness and education crisis.
Read more: https://t.co/OEFnUoCt3p https://t.co/GjR5zFwzak "The economic fallout from the #coronavirus has also seen more #displaced and #refugee families facing the threat of evictions and unable to pay rent"- @samahhadid via @Independent about the economic impacts of #Covid_19 on refugees and displaced families. https://t.co/NIk0dW2mWA More than three quarters of displaced and conflict-affected people surveyed by @NRC_Norway have lost income since the start of the #Covid19 #pandemic.
Check out our latest report on the secondary impacts of #Covid19: https://t.co/OEFnUoCt3p https://t.co/MRpSsMLjCv Mohammed fled #Syria only to get his house destroyed by the explosion in #Beirut. Now, he's worried he won't be able to find a new home for his family. https://t.co/X41X5LAac1 #Iraq: Due to #Covid_19 restrictions, people's ability to work and earn a living has taken a hit.
@NRC_Norway's team has distributed cash to 2,343 families in Kirkuk so far this month to ensure they are still able to cover their food, water and medical expenses. https://t.co/bOerPm2R8S Our legal assistance team in #Lebanon supported Zayno, a 48-year-old #Syria'n #refugee, to obtain birth certificates for his daughter and grandson as well as to register the marriage of his other daughter through support from @FCDOGovUK.
https://t.co/7Cm3vawI8G NRC’s partner @Offrejoieliban has supported people affected by the #BeirutBlast over the past month by removing rubble, replacing damaged windows & doors, fixing plumbing & electrical connections & rehabilitating buildings. https://t.co/hYIS5RrVQ9 One month on, @NRC_Norway continues its joint work with @Offrejoieliban to repair homes of people affected by the #BeirutExplosion.
NRC’s support to local partners includes technical shelter engineering, training on needs’ assessments & the provision of construction materials https://t.co/cTYd84PweH “I am a #refugee myself so it means a lot to me to help others,” says Khalid who works in our legal team in North #Lebanon.
Thanks to @FCDOGovUK, we provide free legal support to refugees, in relation to civil documentation, legal residency, employment and housing rights. https://t.co/n301VonDKq #LIBYA: Due to #COVIDー19 restrictions, schools have been closed since 15 March.