About 10 million children across four countries in West and Central Africa are currently [mid-October 2024] out of school due to massive regional flooding, which has damaged and destroyed infrastructure and displaced nearly one million people from their homes, said Save the Children.
In their article – West and Central Africa: About 10 million children forced out of schools by worst flooding in recent years – they note the devastation, number of children displaced and schools destroyed.
“Before the flooding, 14,000 schools in Central and West Africa were already closed because of attacks and threats on education. This catastrophic situation makes the already fragile chances of access to education for thousands of children even more dire.”