MALI: UNICEF BOOSTS EFFORTS TO HELP HALF A MILLION CRISIS-AFFECTED CHILDREN RETURN TO SCHOOL

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Date: 3 Sep 2013 13:00:01 -0400
Subject: MALI: UNICEF BOOSTS EFFORTS TO HELP HALF A MILLION
CRISIS-AFFECTED CHILDREN RETURN TO SCHOOL
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MALI: UNICEF BOOSTS EFFORTS TO HELP HALF A MILLION CRISIS-AFFECTED
CHILDREN RETURN TO SCHOOLNew York, Sep 3 2013 1:00PMThe United
Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) today announced it will scale up
efforts to help half a million children in Mali restart their
education, which was disrupted by the conflict and nutrition crisis in
the northern part of the country.

UNICEF spokesperson Marixie Mercado told reporters in Geneva the
agency and its partners have already delivered learning materials for
over 90,000 students, and during the coming school year, 9,000
teachers will receive training and temporary learning spaces will be
set up, while schools are refurbished or repaired.

Since January 2012, a rebellion of ethnic Tuareg groups followed by an
insurgency of Islamist extremists displaced hundreds of thousands in
Mali and prompted the Government to request assistance from France to
halt the southward march of the extremists.

The conflict caused a dire humanitarian crisis affecting many areas in
the north, including Gao and Bourem, where the rate of global acute
malnutrition stands at 13.5 per cent and 15 per cent, respectively,
making it a "serious" nutrition situation according to UN
classification.

The conflict also destroyed or damaged around 200 schools. Many
reopened earlier this year, and classrooms in Gao and Timbuktu were
packed with students, who in many cases, sat on the floor because
there was no furniture. In the south, already overcrowded classrooms
saw an influx of about 75,000 displaced students.

Ms. Mercado added that while the agency plans to scale up its
operations, funding is still a constraint, with just 27 per cent of
the $12 million sought for emergency education received so far this
year.Sep 3 2013 1:00PM
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