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Wastewater Treatment Plants in rapid mass displacement situations
Helpdesk Report
November 24, 2017

This rapid review report has identified the wastewater treatment plant (WWTP) options used in emergency settings, with decentralised wastewater treatment systems (DEWATS) and mobile wastewater treatment units performing most effectively and with minimal costs. Examples are taken from refugee camps and internally displaced people (IDP) settlements due to the Iraq war, the Israeli-Palestine conflict, and… Read more

Health, humanitarian, migration, Wastewater treatment, Water
Social Protection
Disability in Syria
Helpdesk Report
July 20, 2017

This rapid review is based on 5 days of desk-based research. It is designed to provide a brief overview of the key issues, and a summary of pertinent evidence found within the time permitted. The literature was identified using two methods. Firstly, a number of experts were identified and contacted. They were asked to provide… Read more

Conflict, Disability, governance, humanitarian crises, refugees, Rights, Social Protection
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Syria crisis education fact sheet: Middle East and North Africa out-of-school children initiative
Document Library
May 24, 2016

In Syria, the crisis has pushed the capacity of basic social services to the breaking point, with a devastating impact on 4.5 million children. A total of 2 million children are out of school and one in five schools has been destroyed, damaged, or used for other purposes, including occupation by armed groups. The economic… Read more

Access to education, refugee children, refugee education
Education
Curriculum, accreditation and certification for Syrian children in Syria, Turkey, Lebanon, Jordan, Iraq and Egypt: regional study
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April 22, 2016

The rationale for this study derives from the challenging political and humanitarian crisis that has built up over the past four years in Syria and has resulted in the displacement of 7.6 million Syrians inside their country and the movement of millions more into neighbouring countries, mainly Turkey, Lebanon, Jordan, Iraq and Egypt. There are four… Read more

Accreditation, curriculum, Education in emergencies, humanitarian crisis, refugee children, refugee education
Education
Evaluation of child friendly spaces: an inter-agency series of impact evaluations in humanitarian emergencies
Document Library
April 11, 2016

Child friendly spaces (CFS) have become a widely used approach to protect and provide psychosocial support to children in emergencies. However, little evidence documents their outcomes and impacts. There is widespread commitment among humanitarian agencies to strengthen the evidence base of programming. This report summarises studies on CFS in various crises: Buramino refugee camp, Ethiopia; Rwamwanja… Read more

Child-friendly practices, conflict-affected states
Education
Transporting materials to schools
Document Library
November 3, 2015

Logistics and transportation of goods in developing countries is not widely covered in literature, despite its importance in ensuring programme success. Most information on this topic comes from short sections in programme evaluations, with few papers dedicated to wider issues of transportation. This report focuses on the literature on education transportation, which mostly looks at… Read more

Education, transportation

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