How schools

around the world

save lives
Karli Merson
 ● 147 million children are estimated to have missed
more than half of their in-class instruction over the
past two years due to school closures caused by
the COVID-19 pandemic.

● Only 20 percent of countries undertook significant

measures to provide additional mental health and
Major Issues in psychosocial support for students after school
education reopening.
(United Nations)

● The proportion of young people completing upper

secondary school increased from 54 per cent in 2015 to
58 per cent in 2020, with progress slowing from the
preceding five-year period.

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There’s so much more.
But currently, these are the ones given to us by
the U.N sustainable development goals.
(I have a printed PDF to read from/share)

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“there has always been child
suffering and there always will be.
We know it’s impossible only if we
make it so. It’s impossible only if
we refuse to attempt it.”

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 ◦ Founded in 1919 by Eglantyne
Jebb
◦ Work with more than 100
What is countries
Save the
Children ◦ Global leaders in children’s
Health, Education and
Protection

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Educational Standing
What are they doing, and how are they
doing it?

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Early Childhood,
Basic Education,
Emergency Education
● 0-6, Promoting good brain
development, well-being
and preparation for school
● Socio-emotional skills, read
and writing
● Helping students adjust to
humanitarian crisis, while
still teaching
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 Ukraine/wars
● 614,000 children
Recent 300K kids served ●
saved since 2022
Romania, Ukraine,
World since COVID-19 Lithuania and
Poland
Issues ●
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Usable internet
Food
● Health aid

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 Humanitarian Aid Organization. (n.d.). Save The Children. Save the

Children: Humanitarian Aid Organization for Children. Retrieved

March 5, 2023, from https://www.savethechildren.org/

Suga, M., & United Nations. (n.d.). Education - United Nations

Sustainable Development. the United Nations. Retrieved March

Citations 5, 2023, from

https://www.un.org/sustainabledevelopment/education/

United Nations. (n.d.). Why It Matters. QUALITY EDUCATION: WHY IT

MATTERS. Retrieved March 5, 2023, from

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Time for Discussions or
Any questions?

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