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Even in chaos : education in times of emergency

Author: Kevin M Cahill
Publisher: New York : Fordham University Press, ©2010.
Series: International humanitarian affairs (Unnumbered)
Edition/Format:   Book : English : 1st edView all editions and formats
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Children have a fundamental right to education, and to the protection that schools uniquely provide in the chaos that characterizes life for refugees and internally displaced persons. This book  Read more...

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Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Kevin M Cahill
ISBN: 9780823231966 0823231968 9780823231973 0823231976 9780823231980 0823231984
OCLC Number: 491916618
Notes: "A joint publication of Fordham University Press and The Center for International Humanitarian Cooperation."
Description: xxii, 357 p. ; 23 cm.
Contents: Foreword / H.E. Miguel D'Escoto Brockmann --
Introduction / Kevin M. Cahill, M.D. --
Ensuring the right to education / H.H. Sheikha Mozah Bint Nasser Al Missned --
Protecting human rights in emergency situations / Vernor Muñoz --
The child protection viewpoint / Alec Wargo --
Donor investment for education in emergencies / Brenda Haiplik --
Education as a means of conflict resolution / President Pierre Nkurunziza --
Hear our voices: experiences of conflict-affected children / Zlata Filipović --
Learning from children / Robert Coles --
An unexpected lifeline / Gerald Martone --
The power of the curriculum / Falk Pingel --
Attacks on education / Brendan O'Malley --
Minimum standards, maximum results / Allison Anderson and Jennifer Hofmann --
Establishing safe learning environments / Simon Reich --
Psychosocial issues in education / Arancha García del Soto --
Education in the IDP camps of Eastern Chad / Gonzalo Sánchez-Terán --
Education as a survival strategy: sixty years of schooling for Palestinian refugees / Sam Rose --
Education in Afghanistan: a personal reflection / Leslie Wilson --
Child-friendly: the dual function of protection and education in Myanmar / Ni Ni Htwe and Makiba Yamano --
After the storm: minority school development in New Orleans / Juan Rangel --
The Sudan: education, culture, and negotiations / Francis M. Deng --
Life doesn't frighten me / Maya Angelou.
Series Title: International humanitarian affairs (Unnumbered)
Other Titles: International humanitarian affairs
International humanitarian affairs.
Responsibility: edited by Kevin M. Cahill.
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ocn491916618
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