A humanitarian fund to finance emergency education

The next U.K. government should create a humanitarian fund to finance schooling in emergencies, following increasing numbers of international education catastrophes, according to global education campaigner Sarah Brown.

Speaking to Devex ahead of the May 7 U.K. general election, Brown said she would like to see such an initiative included in future British foreign aid policy.

The co-founder of charity A World at School and wife of former British Prime Minister Gordon Brown pointed to several events that showed the global professionals community needed swifter access to emergency education funding.

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