National Early Recovery and Reconstruction Plan for Gaza 2014-2017_FINAL...
National Early Recovery and Reconstruction Plan for Gaza 2014-2017_FINAL...
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The <strong>National</strong> <strong>Early</strong> <strong>Recovery</strong> <strong>and</strong> <strong>Reconstruction</strong> <strong>Plan</strong> <strong>for</strong> <strong>Gaza</strong> <strong>2014</strong><br />
SECTION 4: RECOVERY AND RECONSTRUCTION INTERVENTIONS<br />
4.1.3 Education<br />
Relief <strong>Early</strong> <strong>Recovery</strong> <strong>Reconstruction</strong> Total<br />
$1m $45m $75m $121m<br />
With half the <strong>Gaza</strong> population under 18, education can be used as a primary mechanism <strong>for</strong> social <strong>and</strong> psychosocial stabilization<br />
throughout <strong>Gaza</strong>. Schools can provide much needed structure <strong>and</strong> normalcy <strong>for</strong> children, who are suffering from direct or indirect<br />
trauma. Damage was done across the entire educational spectrum: from pre-schools to universities. There is a massive scale of<br />
rebuilding, repairing, <strong>and</strong> re-equipping that must be done in governmental, UN, private, <strong>and</strong> NGO schools <strong>and</strong> universities.<br />
Schools will cater <strong>for</strong> students with existing or new disabilities (caused during the assault) who either have lost their specialized<br />
equipment (e.g., mobility aids or hearing aids) in the assault or have new needs. Emergency education will also be provided to<br />
children living in IDP shelters.<br />
As the school year starts, new school supplies (e.g., uni<strong>for</strong>ms, bags, <strong>and</strong> stationery) are being distributed to students, with a focus<br />
on internally displaced students.<br />
To promote educational early recovery, 144 government <strong>and</strong> UNRWA schools, one private school, three pre-schools, <strong>and</strong> four<br />
universities will be repaired <strong>and</strong> re-equipped. A further twenty-two governmental schools, two pre-schools, <strong>and</strong> two university<br />
buildings will need to be reconstructed.<br />
Since school capacity was already insufficient in Government <strong>and</strong> UNRWA schools, reconstruction plans will aim at creating<br />
sufficient capacity <strong>for</strong> both current <strong>and</strong> future students.<br />
There<strong>for</strong>e, reconstruction plans will aim at creating sufficient capacity <strong>for</strong> both current <strong>and</strong> future student population. UNRWA<br />
will also build transitional schooling facilities <strong>for</strong> refugees. A number of programs will be introduced to strengthen educational<br />
delivery <strong>and</strong> respond to the aftermath of the assault.