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Resilient Schools & Youth
Every year, natural disasters disrupt children’s education in poor countries. The direct damage injures students and destroys poorly-constructed school buildings. In the aftermath, teaching and learning suffer. Children who lose their school may not be able to finish their studies.
The promise of an education is vital for every child. That’s why we work with youth, educators, and builders to make schools safer from disasters.
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"When an earthquake destroys schools, it takes away the children’s future —and with it, the future of the country itself. In the 1988 Nepal earthquake, the destruction of 14,000 classrooms was significant, but more so was the fact that 300,000 children couldn’t go to school for years afterwards."
Madhab Mathema
Former Senior Human Settlements Advisor, United Nations Center for Human Settlements (HABITAT)
Projects
"I am the guardian of 1,000 children in a fifty-year old, two-story brick school that has not, unfortunately, been adequately maintained. Ten years ago, a distant, moderate earthquake produced a crack in my classroom’s wall so large that my students and I could see the garden outside. Since then, I have known what would happen to my school—and my children—in a large earthquake, unless we prepare."
Sanu Kumari Nepal
Director, Kanya Mandir Secondary School, Kathmandu, Nepal.
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