Education
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9 lessons – Transforming Technical and Vocational Education and Training for Refugees
9 lessons – Transforming Technical and Vocational Education and Training for Refugees Growing number of refugees and internally displaced people (IDPs) from protracted crisis situations are highlighting the need for durable solutions to long-term displacement situations. Instead of waiting forever to return home, young people especially need opportunities to educate themselves and find employment or […]
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Women and girls became central in our pandemic work
Women and girls became central in our pandemic work Right after the declaration of COVD-19 restrictions and lockdowns, we understood that child marriage would become a pertinent issue in our working areas, writes Program Development Coordinator Deepika Naidu. Intensifying gender-based violence (GBV), more domestic work, drop-outs from school, and increasing numbers of child marriage. The covid-19 pandemic hit us all hard, but the consequences […]
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Beirut’s schoolchildren need our help to rebuild their lives
Beirut’s schoolchildren need our help to rebuild their lives Lebanon’s multiple simultaneous crises are fuelling domestic abuse, child exploitation, child marriages and child labour, writes Emma Pajunen, FCA’s humanitarian assistance coordinator living in Beirut. FCA has begun work in schools affected by the Beirut port explosion. I recently visited a Beirut school, where we are […]
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Education brings safety and hope for children in emergencies
Education brings safety and hope for children in emergencies Education is a powerful mean to break out of the vicious cycle of poverty and instability, writes FCA’s regional direction Ashraf Yacoub. A decade into the conflict, millions of Syrians inside the country find themselves displaced and unable to access food, shelter, work or essential health […]
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Emerging stronger after Covid-19
Emerging stronger after Covid-19 Distance learning, quarantines and travel bans. Lockdowns, cancelled events, and hundreds of online meetings. Remembered as the year of the Covid-19 pandemic, 2020 was an exceptional year for everyone, including Finn Church Aid, writes executive director Jouni Hemberg. Conditions have been dire in our programme countries before; however, this was the […]
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Ten years of war have passed, and Syria’s humanitarian disaster deepens
War-torn Syria has descended into a financial crisis that worsens the country’s humanitarian situation. Children living through the war need moments in which they can just be children. “How can I ever repay my country? I have been told that it is too tough for someone my age to ask, but I am growing up […]
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Women professionals around the world have to fight daily battles besides ‘just’ performing in their jobs
Every year on August 19th we celebrate World Humanitarian Day. The purpose of this day is to raise awareness of the efforts of professionals supporting people in crises around the world. This year’s theme is dedicated to Women Humanitarians. By choosing this particular group we want to honour women’s tireless efforts to help people in […]
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Saving futures – the role of education in emergencies
When thinking of children and youth in their usual environment, we think of them amidst their families and friends, in the playground, and first and foremost, in schools. We grow up with school being a natural part of our lives. We are nervous on our first day in school, excited to learn how to read, […]
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The world’s school report is out, and we need to step up our support to displaced youth
Finland is now in a position to lead on continued support to education for displaced children to ensure a more peaceful world. Finland is also in a unique position to more actively connect education in emergencies with vocational education – the two must go together if we are to break the vicious circle of displacement […]
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Fighting for better financing for education – on the Southern streets or in the Northern corridors of power?
How is advocacy best done for financing of education and the SDG goal 4, especially in situations of emergency and conflict? Is good advocacy about gathering evidence and data, and then meeting influential people with fat check-books? Or is it better to be out on the streets, mobilising grass-roots and sharing stories of injustice? When […]
