ASIA PACIFIC

Children's charity says their education is mostly overlooked in wake of disasters

A resident stands amongst a pile of debris washed inland along a road in Tacloban, Philippines, in November 2013, three days after Typhoon Haiyan hit. Following natural disasters, a Save the Children charity says in a report that education is often overlooked in humanitarian responses and that children are often unable to go to school. | AFP-JIJI

Thomson Reuters Foundation

Jun 20, 2016

BANGKOK –

From earthquakes in Nepal to flooding in Myanmar, disasters damage or destroy thousands of schools leaving hundreds of thousands of children unable to go to class, yet education is often overlooked in humanitarian responses, a charity said.

Deadly earthquakes in Nepal last year damaged or destroyed more than 8,200 schools, leaving 870,000 children without access to classrooms.

Nearly a year later, many children are still taking lessons in makeshift facilities without walls, exposed to cold winter weather, Save the Children said in a report on lost education due to disasters in the Asia-Pacific region.

Children's charity says their education is mostly overlooked in wake of disasters

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