Mitigating Adverse Effects of Natural Disasters by Integrating Psychosocial Support into Nutrition Interventions.

Content for this message was developed by Vijaya Singh (UNICEF and ECD Focal Point for the IASC Education Cluster) and Mary Moran (ChildFund International) for the INEE Task Team on Early Childhood Development and the Consultative Group on Early Childhood Care and Development.

Throughout its tenth year, INEE has continued to push for increasing recognition of the critical role that education in emergencies plays for social, political and economic stabilisation and development. While INEE recognises that significant strides forward have been made over the last decade in the field, so too does it recognise that much still needs to be achieved. This is especially true when both natural and complex emergencies are becoming increasingly prevalent. INEE’s work, and that of other actors in the field, therefore remains urgent and critical.

The Minimum Standards for Education: Preparedness, Response, Recovery is the only global tool that articulates the minimum level of educational

Dear INEE Members,

As you are all aware, the strongest earthquake in Haiti in more than 200 years, measuring 7.0 on the Richter scale, rocked the nation on 12 January at 4.53 p.m. (local time). The earthquake struck Ouest Province (population 2.2 million), with the epicentre some 17km south-west of Haiti's capital, Port-au-Prince. The nearby cities of Carrefour and Jacmel, as well as other areas to the west and south of Port-au-Prince, were (severly?) affected. Thousands were killed by the quake, many more

Education is integral to a state-building project that has yet to bring peace and justice to Afghanistan. The Taliban continues to pose a grave security threat and the opium economy still flourishes.