National Early Recovery and Reconstruction Plan for Gaza 2014-2017_FINAL
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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46The <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>SECTION 4: RECOVERY AND RECONSTRUCTION INTERVENTIONS4.1.3 EducationRelief <strong>Early</strong> <strong>Recovery</strong> <strong>Reconstruction</strong> Total$1m $45m $75m $121mWith half the <strong>Gaza</strong> population under 18, education can be used as a primary mechanism <strong>for</strong> social <strong>and</strong> psychosocial stabilizationthroughout <strong>Gaza</strong>. Schools can provide much needed structure <strong>and</strong> normalcy <strong>for</strong> children, who are suffering from direct or indirecttrauma. Damage was done across the entire educational spectrum: from pre-schools to universities. There is a massive scale ofrebuilding, repairing, <strong>and</strong> re-equipping that must be done in governmental, UN, private, <strong>and</strong> NGO schools <strong>and</strong> universities.Schools will cater <strong>for</strong> students with existing or new disabilities (caused during the assault) who either have lost their specializedequipment (e.g., mobility aids or hearing aids) in the assault or have new needs. Emergency education will also be provided tochildren living in IDP shelters.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 focuson internally displaced students.To promote educational early recovery, 144 government <strong>and</strong> UNRWA schools, one private school, three pre-schools, <strong>and</strong> fouruniversities will be repaired <strong>and</strong> re-equipped. A further twenty-two governmental schools, two pre-schools, <strong>and</strong> two universitybuildings will need to be reconstructed.Since school capacity was already insufficient in Government <strong>and</strong> UNRWA schools, reconstruction plans will aim at creatingsufficient capacity <strong>for</strong> both current <strong>and</strong> future students.There<strong>for</strong>e, reconstruction plans will aim at creating sufficient capacity <strong>for</strong> both current <strong>and</strong> future student population. UNRWAwill also build transitional schooling facilities <strong>for</strong> refugees. A number of programs will be introduced to strengthen educationaldelivery <strong>and</strong> respond to the aftermath of the assault.