Closing schools has derailed the lives of kids all over the world. Here's how we can help them keep learning, writes Angelina Jolie and UNESCO Director-General Audrey Azoulay. https://t.co/YH0eoRIt4H
Angelina Jolie,Audrey AzoulayJolie, a TIME contributing editor, is an Academy Award–winning actor and
Special Envoy of the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees Audrey Azoulay is Director-General of UNESCO
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Today, UNESCO is launching a new Global Education Coalition
to galvanize the search for practical solutions. We are urging
international organizations, civil society and private sector companies
committed to responsible stewardship to participate.
The
goal is to identify and share the best innovations to keep children
learning during the pandemic, and to help lay foundations for more
inclusive and equitable approaches to education when the crisis
subsides.
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Global monitoring of school closures caused by COVID-19UNESCO
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Global Coalition will strive to find ways to pool resources and
expertise, and channel free technology solutions and digital tools to
those who need it. We must speed up the ways we share experience, and
help the most vulnerable, whether or not they have internet access.
Measures can be as sophisticated as national cloud platforms, or as
simple as radio programming and plain mobile applications that enable
use offline – using a mix of technology and community approaches,
depending on the local circumstances.
Washington, D.C. - As the coronavirus pandemic bars
kids from the school meals they depend on, No Kid Hungry – a national
campaign to end child hunger in America – is mobilizing support to
ensure these kids can eat. In the past week, tens of thousands of
Americans have raised awareness and donated funds on behalf of the
nearly 22 million children who rely on school for food. Today, the
campaign announced that Academy Award-winning actor and humanitarian
Angelina Jolie has donated $1M to provide meals for children from
low-income families.
Thanks to this generous outpouring of support, No Kid Hungry is
already making an impact on the ground. The campaign has already given
$2M to date to 78 organizations across 30 states. This week, the
campaign issued new emergency grants to school districts, food banks and
community organizations feeding kids nationwide and in Louisiana,
Texas, Iowa, Pennsylvania, Missouri, Maine and Oklahoma. A new resource lists state-by-state grant recipients and stories of their work.
“Over the past week, people from all walks of life have risen to the
unprecedented challenge of feeding hungry kids during a global pandemic”
said Billy Shore, founder and executive chair of Share Our Strength,
the organization behind No Kid Hungry. “I’ve heard stories of
heart-breaking need and immense creativity, but above all persistence – a
sense that we won’t let any barrier stand between a child and the
healthy meals they need.”
Angelina Jolie said: “As of this week, over a billion children are
out of school worldwide because of closures linked to coronavirus. Many
children depend on the care and nutrition they receive during school
hours, including nearly 22 million children in America who rely on food
support. No Kid Hungry is making resolute efforts to reach as many of
those children as possible.”
Parents and caregivers seeking meals for children in five states and
counting can text the word “FOOD” (or “COMIDA”) to 877-877 to find
emergency food distribution sites in their neighborhoods. Note: this
service is currently active in Colorado, Hawaii, North Carolina,
Tennessee, and Virginia. More states will be added on a rolling basis
over the next few weeks as meal site data becomes available.
No Kid Hungry is continually reviewing grant inquiries, assessing
community needs and deploying more funds in ways that maximize impact
and help feed more kids. Schools and community organizations feeding
children can access No Kid Hungry’s emergency grant application. For additional information and resources on how to help hungry kids during the coronavirus pandemic, visit NoKidHungry.org.
Teachers are doing incredible work to keep kids learning while at home. To help get supplies to those most in need, Melinda and I will double your impact, up to $1 million total, when you give to @DonorsChoose coronavirus relief effort today and tomorrow. https://t.co/RkaQz1AOGR
