Yasmine Sherif is Executive Director of Education Cannot Wait (ECW).

Unleashing Our Ability to Build a Better World: The Transformational Power of Education to Deliver on the Sustainable Development Goals

Students in a temporary learning space designated for displaced children 6 to 13 years of age in Kikumbe village in Tanganyika, DRC, on 26 October 2022. © ECW/Justin Makangara
Education Cannot Wait Executive Director Yasmine Sherif visits a classroom at the inauguration of Lubile Primary School in Mpungwe Village in Tanganyika, DRC on October 26, 2022. © ECW/Justin Makangara
Josveglys, a young student from Venezuela, is benefiting from a UNICEF education programme supported by Education Cannot Wait in Colombia. © UNICEF/Suárez
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When a child attends school and benefits from a holistic, child-centred, quality education, he or she deploys a forceful power of resilience to learn, develop, achieve and build a better world.

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