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December 11, 2025

Strategic partnership to enhance education outcomes in Yemen backed by $40 million funding

With the aim of supporting education and developing educational infrastructure in Yemen, a partnership agreement was signed between the Saudi Development and Reconstruction Program for Yemen, GPE, the...

April 02, 2025

Galvanizing support for education at the Global Disability Summit

As partners come together for the disability summit, ECW and GPE are calling on leaders worldwide to galvanize support for children living with disabilities in crisis settings and fragile contexts.

January 21, 2025

ECW and GPE support quality education for children affected by crisis

Over 234 million children impacted by emergencies urgently need educational support. A new publication shows how Education Cannot Wait (ECW) and the Global Partnership for Education (GPE) work together to...

September 09, 2024

Statement by Laura Frigenti, CEO of the Global Partnership for Education, on attacks against education

On the international day to protect education from attack, GPE condemns the rising number of attacks against educational personnel, facilities and students, and calls on all parties to uphold children’s...

August 16, 2024

Statement on school bombings in Sudan

GPE strongly condemns the bombings that hit schools in Sudan and killed and injured children.

March 22, 2024

KIX call for concept notes: Knowledge and innovation for education in emergencies and fragile, conflict and violence-affected contexts

GPEKIX just launched a call for concept notes for applied research projects to generate and mobilize evidence to contextualize and scale the impact of promising or proven innovative approaches to address...

March 07, 2024

Statement by Laura Frigenti on the abduction of school children in Nigeria

GPE CEO condemns the abduction by gunmen of more than 100 children and one teacher at their school in the town of Kuriga, Kaduna State, Nigeria and send her support to all the families affected.

December 14, 2023

$110 million from GPE to support safe learning for children in Afghanistan

GPE has approved grants totaling $110 million to support the education of more than 7.66 million children in Afghanistan over the next two years.

December 07, 2023

GPE welcomes contribution of nearly US$3 million from Norway to respond to urgent education needs in the West Bank and Gaza

Norway has generously contributed nearly US$3 million to the Global Partnership for Education (GPE) sub-account for the West Bank and Gaza, to address urgent education needs and help children get back to...