Egypt Refugee Appeal For Refugees from Africa, Iraq and Yemen 2018 | Page 34

For Refugees & Asylum-seekers from
Sub-Saharan Africa, Iraq & Yemen
Education partners will provide a comprehensive
education service for unaccompanied and separated
refugee boys and girls, through tailor-made education
programmes, to maximize their protection and enable
them to be active members of their communities. Partners
will also be expanding the vocational training programmes
for youth and adolescents and seek deeper cooperation
with governments for tertiary education opportunities.
WFP will complement the national school meals
programme with a focus on ensuring access to education
for vulnerable sub-Saharan African, Iraqi and Yemeni
refugees and asylum-seekers, especially girls. On a
daily basis, the agency plans to provide locally produced
nutritious fortified High Energy Biscuits (HEB) to 15,000
students.
The school meals programme encourages enrolment and
attendance, and fosters social cohesion between refugees
and their host communities. Complementary interventions
are planned to improve the nutrition of school children
through teacher training and nutrition awareness efforts.
Also, WFP will support government partners to strengthen
the capacity of technical systems, in efforts to improve the
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national school meals programme. These interventions
are expected to contribute to ‘No Lost Generation’ and
to ensure that children have access to adequate and
nutritious food whilst attending school.
Education sector partners are coordinating activities
through the Education working group, and are working
closely with other sectors, including child protection, SGBV,
public health and livelihood where education is being
made an entry point to deliver protection-related services.
A health and safety training programme implemented by
the Egyptian Red Crescent (ERC) targeting children, their
parents and their teachers in the community and public
schools will be expanded to reach and empower more
African, Iraqi and Yemeni refugee children.
Education Sector appealing agencies are working in
partnership with the Ministry of Education to achieve the
set target of the 2030 Sustainable Development agenda
relating to inclusive and equitable education for all. This
will be realized through activities promoting inclusion of
refugee students in public schools as well as capacity
building to Ministry of Education schools and staff working
with refugee school-age children.