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�鶹APP has received a new series of grants from the  (Nationale Postcode Loterij) to deliver education to thousands of children around the world impacted by conflict and disaster.

The 4.50 million euros ($5.10 million) award for 2019 was announced at the annual Goed Geld Gala in Amsterdam last night as part of a total award of 8.55 million euros ($9.61 million).

Included in the total was a special award of 3.15 million euros ($3.57 million) – which will launch a unique public-private partnership between �鶹APP and , the global education fund for children caught up in emergencies. 

As part of the award, �鶹APP will redouble its effort to unleash the potential of the next generation of children caught up in wars and conflict. We will do this through increased campaigning and innovation projects focused on breaking down barriers that stand in the way of education. 

As the first charity funding partner of a major global education fund, �鶹APP will direct 2.52 million euros ($2.85million) to direct programming through a contribution to Education Cannot Wait.

�鶹APP�We are more impactful by working together – and the award by the Dutch Postcode Lottery will allow us to not only deliver education to the most marginalised children but leverage-up the funding through campaigning to have a multiplier effect for children,�鶹APP� said Sarah Brown, Chair of �鶹APP. 

�鶹APP President Justin van Fleet said: �鶹APP�The funding will be used to provide rapid education assistance in places where it is needed most.  

�鶹APP�This new partnership will allow us to support thousands of children living in refugee camps who are not in school �鶹APP� where we need to provide education quickly so they are not part of the lost generation �鶹APP� while we are also finding the longer-term solutions so all children can reach their full potential.�鶹APP�

After years of campaigning, including by �鶹APP�鶹APP�s network of 1,000 Global Youth Ambassadors and coalition of over 40 civil society organisations, the Education Cannot Wait fund was established in 2016 at the World Humanitarian Summit. 

Its mission is to provide education to the 75 million children worldwide who have lost out on education because of war, disasters and crisis. 

Sarah Brown added: �鶹APP�While food, water and shelter were rightly prioritised, education was not seen as life-saving until Education Cannot Wait was set up, making education part of the emergency response. 

�鶹APP�Now that we have this fund, �鶹APP is making a significant investment on behalf of our youth campaigners, thanks to the Dutch Postcode Lottery.�鶹APP�

Part of Education Cannot Wait�鶹APP�s strategy has been to bring together private partners, including foundations and companies, to invest in new ways of working to deliver education to refugees and displaced children. 

�鶹APP joins other contributions by business partners through the �����Ի���, a major global education philanthropy. Some of �鶹APP�鶹APP�s funding will be placed in challenge grants to be matched by other private contributors to multiply the impact. 

�鶹APP�Education needs to be this generation�鶹APP�s moonshot and this funding from the Postcode Lottery will allow us to mobilise enough people, partners and resources so that every refugee child is at school,�鶹APP� said van Fleet.

�鶹APP�We will look for the hardest-to-reach children in emergencies and keep a watching brief on all hotspots where children�鶹APP�s education is at risk �鶹APP� from the Greek Aegean Islands, Venezuela and Syria to the Central African Republic and beyond.�鶹APP�

Education was a theme of this year�鶹APP�s annual charity event, which was headlined by Gordon Brown, United Nations Special Envoy for Global Education, who praised the innovation of the Dutch Postcode Lottery in making this award. 

• Gordon Brown: let’s work together to get children in school

�鶹APP�Working together, there can be no ceiling on our aspirations for �鶹APP� and ambitions of �鶹APP� the world�鶹APP�s children, and no limit to what together we can and will achieve,�鶹APP� he said.

Yasmine Sherif, Director of Education Cannot Wait, said: �鶹APP�We are profoundly grateful to �鶹APP for making this contribution to Education Cannot Wait and to the Dutch Postcode Lottery for making this possible.  

“It is thanks to the voices of young people across the world that education is becoming a global priority for all of humanity �鶹APP� regardless of borders.  We will now move quickly to ensure we deliver education to refugee and displaced children with our new partner �鶹APP.�鶹APP�