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Advocacy and resource mobilisation
� materials for temporary learning spaces, eg, school tents, latrine slabs
� WASH materials, eg, water containers, soap, locally appropriate sanitary
items;
� clothing.
In addition, a number of education kits have been developed. These are
packages of ‘standard’ education materials designed to support a specific number
of children or teachers. UNICEF has designed kits that respond to basic supply
needs at the onset of a crisis. UNESCO has also developed an education kit for
selected countries, which focuses on literacy and numeracy and provides basic
curricula and teaching aids.
As an alternative to education kits, Save the Children Indonesia has developed a
classroom activity box. Designed to promote active learning and cooperative
group work, the classroom activity box provides basic teaching and learning aids
that encourage student interaction.
Advantages of education ‘kits’ Disadvantages of education ‘kits’
� Pre-assembled kits can be deployed
within days of an emergency.
� Design time is unnecessary, as basic
education supplies are generally quite
similar from county to country.
� There is a common ‘menu’ as to what
kits should contain, making theft more
difficult.
� Packaging, ie, plastic or metal box, can
be used as long-term storage
container.
� For NGOs, kits can be more easily
obtained from the UN than money for
local purchase of supplies.
Support in mobilising education supplies
� Shipment costs higher than local
buying.
� Mistaken assumptions of class size.
� Many items meant for individual
students, difficult to divide when
greater number of students.
� Ongoing costs of storage and may
be in ‘wrong’ location for shipment.
� Short-term impact as supplies will
quickly be used and depleted.
� Discrepancy with local supplies in
terms of quality.
� When local markets are available,
their use damages economy and
encourages UN to prioritise kit
replenishment.
While the CLA(s) has responsibility for overall cluster resource requirements,
individual cluster partners have responsibility for mobilising the supplies needed
for their own projects. However, the cluster function of coordinating the supply
and distribution of education supplies can also provide tangible benefits for
cluster partners, and serve as an incentive to ongoing collaboration. Effective
coordination can reduce the risk of duplication, delays, inflated costs, culturally
inappropriate supplies, and a negative impact on local businesses, and can
facilitate economies of scale in production and distribution.
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