Human Concern International will provide $3.5 million for UNICEF Canada to create a space with 12 classrooms that will give mental health, psychosocial and informal learning support.
HCI is Canada’s oldest Muslim international relief charity. About 1 million children in Gaza need protection and support after two years of war. They are currently living under a tenuous ceasefire.
The ongoing conflict has destroyed or damaged 97 per cent of schools in the region.
Before the war, Gaza had one of the highest literacy rates on Earth.
Elisha Dacey is a seasoned journalist with more than two decades of experience in the field. She has worked in various newsrooms across Canada, ranging from small-town papers to major outlets like CBC Manitoba and Global News. Dacey began her journalism career in Manitoba and has held roles such as managing editor, senior producer and digital online journalist. Notably, she launched Metro Winnipeg, the city’s only free daily newspaper, which quickly became the second most-read paper in Winnipeg.
Elisha Dacey is the Managing Editor for Future of Good.
