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Creative to assist U.S. education efforts in crisis, post-conflict countries

[/vc_column_text][/columna_vc][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_columna ancho=»2/3″][vc_column_text] Ago. 26, 2014 – Creative Associates International is one of six global development organizations selected to support the U.S. government’s efforts to provide equitable access to education for 15 million children in conflict and crisis affected countries by 2015, fue anunciado. (www.CreativeAssociatesInternational.com)

Called “Advancing Basic Education: Access for All,"Estados Unidos. Agency for International Development will use the organizations for initiatives that “assess, diseño, implementar, coordinate, monitor and evaluate education programs in crisis/conflict-affected, fragile and lawless environments,” among other activities, according to the agreement.

“Creative believes in the power of education as a driving force behind stabilization and a key instrument for laying the foundation for sustained development," dice Charito Kruvant, Presidente y CEO de Creativo. “When schools are functioning, communities have a sense that stability is returning. This reduces the attraction to violent extremist organizations and increases the population’s trust in government.”

For USAID’s Advancing Basic Education: Access for All, Creative has assembled a consortium of prestigious core partners, including International Rescue Committee, Educación Mundial, RTI and Management Systems International, as well as other specialized partners.

Jerrold Keilson, Vicepresidente creativo & Senior Director of its Education Division, says the company has a successful track record of providing educational services in nearly 30 conflict and post-conflict environments since the 1980s.

“Although the challenges of conflict and crisis affected countries are unique to each, there are common elements,"dice Keilson. “Creative believes that transformational change must begin with empowered communities.”

By supporting communities to expand access to safe, educación de calidad, Keilson says it is a starting point for programs that to contribute to stabilization, transición política, meeting the physical and psychological needs of vulnerable populations and ultimately economic growth and greater prosperity.

En Yemen, Por ejemplo, Creative is working in partnership with the Education Ministry to enhance early grade reading, escribiendo, pedagogía, classroom management and more. Financiado por USAID, el proyecto ha llegado a más de 120,000 primero, second and third graders. After four months, oral reading fluency jumped dramatically.

USAID’s Advancing Basic Education: Access for All is an Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity Contract (IDIQ). USAID and its Missions will issue “task orders” under the IDIQ and the companies will compete for them.

Jane Wood, Ph.d., Creative’s Practice Area Director for Education in Crisis and Conflict Affected Environments, will manage the IDIQ. con más de 30 years of development experience in more than 50 países, she provides strategic planning and technical guidance in education policy and systems, desarrollo de la fuerza laboral, lectura de primeros grados, resolución de conflictos, psycho-social support and more.

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Con sede en Washington, CORRIENTE CONTINUA., Actualmente, Creative tiene programas en casi 20 países. Desde 1977, ha trabajado en 85 países y en casi todos los continentes. Reconocido por su capacidad para trabajar rápidamente., con flexibilidad y eficacia en entornos conflictivos, Creative está comprometido a generar soluciones sostenibles a largo plazo para problemas complejos de desarrollo.[/vc_column_text][/columna_vc][vc_columna ancho=»1/12″][/columna_vc][vc_columna ancho=»1/4″][vc_widget_sidebar sidebar_id=»barra lateral-primaria»][/columna_vc][/vc_row]