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Solidarity Fund

  1. Union renewal and development 23 September 2011

    Somalia: Humanitarian crisis puts schools at risk

    Reports from international aid organisations project that hundreds of thousands of Somali schoolchildren are expected to drop out from classes this month as a result of the humanitarian crisis in the country. EI’s affiliate, the American Federation of Teachers (AFT), has called on the international community to provide the humanitarian...

    Somalia: Humanitarian crisis puts schools at risk
  2. Union renewal and development 29 June 2011

    Japan: Fukushima teachers join mass demonstration

    Teachers in the Fukushima region of Japan have joined other trade unionists to protest against the continuing nuclear emergency. The teachers, who are members of the Fukushima Prefecture Teacher’s Union, are fighting to hold the government and the power company TEPCO responsible and accountable for the nuclear disaster in Japan.

    Japan: Fukushima teachers join mass demonstration
  3. Union renewal and development 25 May 2011

    Pakistan: New schools open after flooding

    EI welcomes the opening of new schools in rural parts of Pakistan which were devastated by flooding last July.

    Pakistan: New schools open after flooding
  4. Union renewal and development 17 March 2011

    EI launches Japan earthquake and tsunami fund

    In solidarity with teachers, students and the people of Japan, EI has established a solidarity fund to aid relief efforts after the powerful earthquake that hit the country on 11 March.

    EI launches Japan earthquake and tsunami fund
  5. Union renewal and development 17 March 2011

    Japan: EI expresses solidarity with victims and families of disaster

    Education International has sent a message of support to its affiliate in Japan after a devastating earthquake hit the north-east of the country on 11 March, triggering a massive tsunami and causing extensive damage and loss of life.

    Japan: EI expresses solidarity with victims and families of disaster
  6. Union renewal and development 24 February 2011

    New Zealand: Unions support teachers after massive earthquake

    EI affiliates in New Zealand are bringing urgent relief to teachers and students in communities that were badly affected by a devastating earthquake, measuring 6.3 on the Richter scale, which struck the region around Christchurch on 22 February.

    New Zealand: Unions support teachers after massive earthquake
  7. Union renewal and development 12 January 2011

    EI marks earthquake anniversary by committing to reconstruct Haiti

    On the first anniversary of the earthquake that destroyed hundreds of towns and communities across Haiti, killing 230,000 people and leaving 1.5 million homeless, EI has pledged to continue its solidarity with the country.

    EI marks earthquake anniversary by committing to reconstruct Haiti
  8. Union renewal and development 30 August 2010

    Pakistan: Teachers come to the rescue of flood victims

    With EI's help, three Pakistani teachers' organisations will support thousands of educators who lost their homes and personal belongings. They will provide up to 30,000 victims with aid supplies including clean water, clothing and tents.

    Pakistan: Teachers come to the rescue of flood victims
  9. Union renewal and development 2 June 2010

    EI members devastated by tropical storm in Central America

    EI members and emergency workers in Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador are struggling to get aid to communities cut off by Tropical Storm Agatha which battered the region over the weekend.

    EI members devastated by tropical storm in Central America
  10. Union renewal and development 7 April 2010

    Haiti: unions develop Action Plan for recovery of the education system

    The Executive Board of EI affiliate CNEH is working on an Action Plan, after getting feedback from the Federations, and the preparations for the International Trade Unions Confederation (ITUC) Summit in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, 8-10 April.

    Haiti: unions develop Action Plan for recovery of the education system
  11. Union renewal and development 1 April 2010

    Unions call for decent work while rebuilding Haiti

    In its statement today at the United Nations International Donors' Conference towards a New Future for Haiti, held in New York, the United States, the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) reiterated that "decent work must be central to the reconstruction efforts of Haiti and to shape a new development model...

    Unions call for decent work while rebuilding Haiti
  12. Union renewal and development 29 March 2010

    Hope for Haïti: Education at the heart of recovery

    On the afternoon of 12th January 2010, Jean Lavaud, General Secretary of the Confédération Nationale des Educateurs d’Haïti, was visiting his union colleague Magalie Georges at her Port-au-Prince school, utterly unaware that in a matter of moments their city and their lives would be changed forever.

    Hope for Haïti: Education at the heart of recovery
  13. Union renewal and development 18 March 2010

    A wave of solidarity: Rebuilding education in Aceh

    Five years after the cataclysmic tsunami of December 2004, Education International is proud to release a video documentary on its most ambitious development cooperation project ever – to build and equip 35 schools in the devastated region of Aceh, Indonesia.

    A wave of solidarity: Rebuilding education in Aceh
  14. Union renewal and development 2 March 2010

    Education International expresses solidarity with victims of the earthquake in Chile

    After the catastrophic events last weekend when an 8.8-magnitude earthquake hit Chile, on behalf of all member organisations around the world, EI expresses its concern and support to the Colegio de Profesores de Chile (CPC) and the Confederación Nacional de Trabajadores de la Educación Chilena (CONATECH).

    Education International expresses solidarity with victims of the earthquake in Chile