Education Cannot Wait (ECW) Support to Education Cannot Wait (ECW) which is a global fund dedicated to education for children and youth affecetd by emergenices. The support will be for the implementation of ECW's strategic plan for 2023-2026. ECW plans to reach 20 million children and adolescents including IDPs and refugees with education services in this strategic period. Support to girls' education and gender equality as well as inclusion of children with disabilities are some of the areas that will be prioritised.  ECW will also strengthen its work to respond to the climate crisis including providing support to children and adoelscents affected by climate related disasters as well as support to risk management and buidling climate resilient education systems. 

A total of 41 countries have received support in the period 2020 - 2023. Countries where the Multi-Year Resilience Programmes are expected to continue are Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Colombia, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Iraq, Lebanon, Mali, Myanmar, Niger, Nigeria, Pakistan, Somalia, South Sudan, Palestine, Sudan, Syria, Uganda and Ukraine.