UNISDR The Americas

The Regional Group for Disaster Risk Management for the Latin American and Caribbean Educational Sector invites Ignite Stage:

Thursday, March 9 - 13:20 p.m. - 13:40 p.m.

A child receiving classes in the Temporary Space of Education and Protection (ETEP), Tabuga, Manabí/UNICEF/2016/Santiago Arcos

On April 16, 2016, an earthquake of magnitude, 7.8, impacted Ecuador. About 170,000 children and

adolescents, their teachers, social workers and psychologists were affected, 192 schools were destroyed and

more than a thousand were damaged.

Several regional organizations such as UNICEF, PLAN International, Save the Children, RET International,

deployed staff in the first 48 hours to support the work of situation analysis, inter-sectoral planning of response

and mobilization of funds for the response.

The response strategy of the educational sector "School for all, together we rise", led by the Ministry of

Education, was approved on April 20, 2016. The organizations committed to support the work of the Ministry in

three stages:

 Socio-emotional support and recreational activities

 Non-formal education and the opening of formal education

 Formal education, adjusted curriculum.

Alia Hassan, National Director of Cooperation and International Affairs of the Ministry of Education in Ecuador,

will share with the participants the main achievements and challenges they faced before and during the

response.

We invite you to consult https://pr17/ignite-stage.html where you will find details of this and of the other

presentations of the Ignite Stage.

Related links

PR17 Web site