Expanding Education in Emergencies 
in Chernihiv, Dnipro, Kharkiv, Kyiv, Lviv, Poltava, and Vinnytsia Street Child, an education in emergencies specialist and established partner of the Ukraine Humanitarian Fund, is requesting $1,429,958 for education response and recovery reaching 25,000 children aged 3 to 17 [including up to 10% children with disabilities] and 2,150 teachers with essential educational services and support. Street Child will work with 5 excellent, effective local level organisations, extending proven partnerships and expanding provision in and into Chernihiv, Dnipro, Kharkiv, Kyiv, Lviv, Poltava, Vinnytsia oblasts. 

The proposed project leverages our active presence and programmes in Ukraine, including “Education in Emergencies” [$500K/4M/UHF] reaching 9377 children [exceeding targets by 56%] in partnership with 5 local level organisations in Dnipropetrovsk, Kyiv, and Zaporizhzhia oblasts “Education and Psychosocial Support for Displaced and Returnee Populations” [$680K/7M/UBS Optimus Foundation] reaching 10,000 children in partnership with 6 local level organisations in Lviv, Ivano-Frankivsk, Ternopil, Rivne, Kyiv, Odesa, Poltava, Kharkiv, Sumy and Zaporizhzhia oblasts and “Ukraine Rapid Response” [$200K/8M/Street Child] which reached 11000+ children through flexible financial grants to 14 local level organisations in the aforementioned oblasts, as well as Volyn and Zakarpattia in Ukraine and in Moldova and Romania. 
In one year, this project proposes to - 
	Equip schools and learning spaces, including with heating, insultation, and shelters, to assure safe, secure, and sufficient access to learning for children [including children with disabilities] into the winter season 
	Equip teachers with the skills, support, and resources required to assure children have access to psychological first aid and psychosocial support to promote their safety, stability, and social connectedness, and to lifesaving, life-sustaining learning, including Explosive Ordinance Risk Education [EORE] and socioemotional learning 
	Equip teachers with the skills, support, and resources required to accelerate learning and address learning loss, including through remote teaching and learning  
	Strengthen and support a capable, credible cohort of 5 local level organisations to continue scaling their reach and response through subsequent stages of the conflict sharing their experience and expertise and supporting the cluster coordination architecture and education authorities in their oblasts.

The project prioritises provision in (i) areas close to the contact line (ii) areas that have been de-occupied (ii) areas with a high proportion of displaced populations, including areas anticipated to host a higher proportion of displaced populations during the winter, and (iv) areas with a high proportion of returnee populations, and prioritises resourcing and responding to threats to life as a consequence of the collapse of vital services and support in conflict-affected areas. 

The proposed project is a critical contribution to the Flash Appeal and assures alignment with the Allocation Strategy and the strategic objectives of the Education Sector Working Group, Ministry of Education and Science, and Ukraine Education Cluster. In particular, it provides a platform to advance commitments to consultation and localisation of response in the Flash Appeal and in the 2019-2020 Ukraine Education Strategy, through supporting 5 local level organisations to sustain and scale their operations whilst optimising their inclusion and involvement in the cluster coordination architecture and their collaboration with local level education authorities – towards a more effective, efficient education in emergencies response and recovery in Ukraine.