Question: Name the campaign launched by United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and the European Union (EU) on Education in crisis zone.
(a) Operation All Education
(b) Operation Black Board
(c) Operation Literacy
(d) Emergency Lessons
Ans:(d)
Related facts:
- On 16 May 2016 United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and the European Union (EU) today announced the launch of a new social media-driven public awareness campaign named “Emergency Lessons”.
- The campaign aimed at reaching 20 million Europeans and highlighting the importance of education for children affected by emergencies.
- The campaign specifically targets people 25 years old and younger in Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Slovenia, Slovakia and the United Kingdom to inspire them to raise their voices on behalf of millions of children and adolescents whose education has been interrupted by emergencies.
- This is a social media-driven public awareness campaign.
- The campaign draws on the real-life experiences of children living through emergencies in countries such as Guinea, Iraq, Nepal and Ukraine. Their personal stories on the extraordinary lengths they go to obtain an education demonstrate why children can and must continue to learn.
- Throughout the next seven months, their stories will be shared on social media through #Emergency Lessons.
Reference:
http://www.unicef.org/media/media_91107.html
http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=53945#.V0Uw9_l97IV
https://medium.com/photography-and-social-change/education-in-emergencies-6c1bdbc64fe9#.x5fyr33wb