EDUCATION LATIN AMERICA &THE CARIBBEANS

UNESCO works in the fields of school rehabilitation and construction, furniture production and provision of educational materials and equipment for all levels of education, in countries all over the world.

UNESCO has gained considerable experience working in countries where conflict or natural disaster have severely disrupted educational services and facilities and, in particular, in Bolivia, Ecuador, Haiti, Honduras, Nicaragua, Salvador and Venezuela.

UNESCO step up its action in this field in co-operation with the other organizations in the United Nations system, non-governmental organizations and other UNESCO partners in the field.

This action must not only meet immediate educational needs but also, whenever possible, help to ease the transition phase following the wars which have destabilized, disorganized or even destroyed the education system.

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Photo Credit @ Loock, F., UNESCO 1994
Refugees from Chacula, Guatemala

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