ECW Announces New $1.2m Education Grant For Children With Disabilities(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Education Cannot Wait (ECW), the United Nations global fund for education in emergencies and protracted crises, has announced a new $1.2 million grant to enhance education opportunities for children and adolescents with disabilities. The grant creates public goods and contributes to system strengthening that accelerates quality, inclusive education in emergencies for children and adolescents with disabilities. The 36-month ECW Acceleration Facility grant will fund an initiative by IDA to support the acceleration of equitable inclusive education in emergency for children with disabilities, including those from underrepresented groups, such as children with intellectual disabilities, deaf, blind and indigenous children with disabilities. Children with disabilities often face systemic barriers to accessing education in emergency contexts on an equal basis with others. Crisis-affected girls and boys with disabilities continue to face immense barriers to inclusion, despite growing global recognition of and focus on inclusive education.