Lorraine Pe Symaco

Education, Poverty, Malnutrition and Famine - Education as a Humanitarian Response Lorraine Pe Symaco

Brief Description: "Education, Poverty, Malnutrition and Famine provides an overview of education response - what it is and how it can be improved in relation to one of the more persistent issues globally. Poverty, famine and/or malnutrition exist in variant degrees among developing and developed nations and the issue figures prominently in international development. This book provides a global overview of education and such issues through case study samples of countries within various regions and offers insights and proposes solutions on how educational response can help alleviate this challenge. Each chapter contains contemporary questions to encourage active engagement with the material and an annotated list of suggested reading to support further exploration"--Marc Notes: Includes bibliographical references.; Education, Poverty, Malnutrition and Famine provides an overview of education response - what it is and how it can be improved in relation to one of the more persistent issues globally. Poverty, famine and/or malnutrition exist in variant degrees among developing and developed nations and the issue figures prominently in international development. This book provides a global overview of education and such issues through case study samples of countries within various regions and offers insights and proposes solutions on how educational response can help alleviate this challenge. Each chapter contains contemporary questions to encourage active engagement with the material and an annotated list of suggested reading to support further exploration--; Provided by publisher. Biographical Note: Lorraine Pe Symaco is Director of the Centre for Research in International and Comparative Education (CRICE) at the University of Malaya, Malaysia. Table of Contents: Notes On ContributorsSeries Editor's PrefaceEducation, Poverty, Malnutrition and Famine: An Overview, "Lorraine Pe Symaco (CRICE, University of Malaya, Malaysia)"""1. Education and Poverty Alleviation in Eastern Africa - The Causal Links, "Roderick Hicks (Africa Educational Trust, UK/Kenya) """2. Understanding 'Education for All' in Contexts of Extreme Poverty: Experiences from Burkina Faso, "Guillaume Charvon (ATD Fourth World, Burkina Faso), Elaine Chase (University of Oxford, UK)"""3. Access to Education, Poverty, Malnutrition and Health in Bangladesh, "Benjamin Zeitlyn (University of Sussex, UK) and Altaf Hossain (IED-BRAC University, Bangladesh) """4. The Impact of the Haitian Earthquake on a Fragile Education System, "Helena Murseli (UNICEF, Haiti), Naoko Imoto (Japan International Cooperation Agency) """5. Education, Hunger and Malnutrition in the Indian Context, "T. Sundararaman (National Health Systems Resource Centre, India), Anupama Hazarika (National Health Systems Resource Centre, India)"""6. Education and Poverty in the Philippines, " Lorraine Pe Symaco (CRICE, University of Malaya, Malaysia) """7. Schools, Poverty and Hunger in the UK, "Rys Farthing, (University of Oxford, UK)"""8. Food Insecurity, Hunger, Nutrition and Education in the USA, "Nalini Asha Biggs (University of California San Diego, USA) and Yael Friemann (Centre for Development, Environment and Policy USA)"""Index

Contributor Bio:  Symaco, Lorraine Pe Lorraine Pe Symaco is Director of the Centre for Research in International and Comparative Education (CRICE) at the University of Malaya, Malaysia. Contributor Bio:  Brock, Colin Lala Demirdjian is a researcher focusing on the Palestinian refugee education in Lebanon. She has worked as a consultant for The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA), Lebanon, and the National Association for Vocational Training and Social Services (NAVTSS) and, as a campaign coordinator, for the Welfare Association, Lebanon. She is currently engaged in a Teacher Exchange Program and teaches in a community school, in Boston, USA.