In case you were wondering what education in emergencies is, and why it's important.
Many people that I've come across, including humanitarians, who should know better, don't consider education to be a basic need. I concede it's not as immediate as water, shelter, health and food- but it is a basic need.
And a lot of people also see education as a development issue which has no place in humanitarian relief work.
This attitude of 'children need education, but not until things have calmed down' makes me crazy. Every child, everywhere, has the right to an education, and if you're going to wait till you judge the development phase to have started, in some countries you're going to be waiting a long time.
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