Lord Low of Dalston – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department for International Development

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Lord Low of Dalston on 2016-05-19.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what steps the Department for International Development is taking to encourage other donors to fund the Education Cannot Wait fund at its launch at the World Humanitarian Summit.

Baroness Verma

The UK is working closely with UNICEF and other partners to encourage a broad funding base to Education Cannot Wait, including funding from non-traditional donors, private sector and philanthropic organisations. This includes via UK technical support to the fund’s case for investment and other key communication and outreach products, to raise awareness of the fund with others.