Budget cuts in Washington, London, and beyond mean students across the world are at risk of losing access to their classrooms.
Since the Trump administration’s January dismantling of USAID, the world’s largest bilateral donor to the education sector, delivery partners have had to cancel 396 education programs in 58 countries.
This was followed by the shocking news that another traditional education-backer, the U.K.’s Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office, is set to deprioritize education within its own dramatic budget cuts.
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Gabriella Jóźwiak@GabriellaJ
Gabriella Jóźwiak is an award-winning journalist based in London. Her work on issues and policies affecting children and young people in developing countries and the U.K. has been published in national newspapers and magazines. Having worked in-house for domestic and international development charities, Jóźwiak has a keen interest in organizational development, and has worked as a journalist in several countries across West Africa and South America.
