Refugee Education and Development (READ)

This project aims to enhance equitable and inclusive learning outcomes for vulnerable refugees internally displaced people (IDP) returnees and host community children and youth particularly girls living in fragile conflict settings in Cameroon and Niger. The project strengthens refugee- and IDP-led organizations to ensure predictable funding bolster internal capacities and build networks for advocacy for refugee education poverty reduction and gender equality. Project activities include: (1) conducting participatory institutional capacity assessments with refugee- and IDP-led organizations; (2) delivering training on strategy decision-making financial management and resource mobilization; (3) providing small grants to enable gender-transformative organizational development and technical capacity development; and (4) strengthening networks for collective advocacy from refugee- and IDP-led organizations on access to inclusive and quality education. The project expects to reach nearly 40 000 children from refugee and host communities as direct beneficiaries. The project expects to indirectly reach approximately 80 000 beneficiaries with a focus on supporting girls and other marginalized groups facing intersectional barriers to education.

The expected outcomes for this project include: (1) improved performance and empowerment of local refugee- and IDP-led organizations (including women’s rights or girl-led organizations) supporting safe inclusive and gender-responsive education; (2) increased access to safe inclusive and gender-responsive education enabled by refugee- and IDP-led organizations for children and youth particularly girls and adolescent girls; and (3) enhanced collective action of local refugee- and IDP-led organizations working for safe inclusive and gender-responsive education for refugee IDP returnee and host children and youth especially vulnerable groups.