Save the Children

Save the Children United States promotes the well-being of young children and their families around the world, especially the most vulnerable and disadvantaged. This grant will enable the organization to adapt and test the use of citizen-led learning assessments in difficult settings where good data on educational outcomes is currently lacking. With this grant, Save the Children will design an approach for young people whose education has been disrupted by conflict, displacement, or their status as refugees, to measure and raise awareness about the gaps in learning that they and other children experience. Save the Children will document this experience to promote and possibly replicate the use of citizen-generated data to track progress and hold host governments, international organizations such as the United Nations High Commission for Refugees, and donor agencies responsible for service delivery in emergencies accountable for commitments made under the new United Nations Sustainable Development Goals.

With this grant, Save the Children would advocate for the adoption of new learning goals in the post-2015 development framework. Save the Children would conduct targeted policy work in three African countries, engaging civil society and country champions in promoting learning goals. Their advocacy work would also extend across the Save the Children network to ensure greater awareness of their policy positions within the education and related sectors. As a respected voice on children’s issues, Save the Children would use their influence in key global policy forums to promote learning outcomes as a key measure of success.