Syria Multi‑Year Resilience Programme (MYRP)
Project Status
Ongoing active
Implementation Period Sep 2024 – Sep 2027
Project Location Deir ez Zor / Kisra sub‑district
Education Cannot Wait’s Multi-Year Resilience Programme (MYRP) in Syria provides inclusive, gender-responsive education for crisis-affected children and adolescents, including those with disabilities. The program harmonizes teaching materials, teacher training, and safe learning spaces to ensure equitable access to quality non-formal education. By addressing gaps in protection, psychosocial support, and vocational pathways, it helps vulnerable learners transition successfully back into school and build resilience.
Background & Main Objective
The primary goal of the ECW Multi-Year Resilience Programme (MYRP) in Syria is to ensure equitable access to inclusive, gender-responsive, and protective education for crisis-affected children and adolescents, including those with disabilities. The program harmonizes teaching practices, strengthens teacher training and wellbeing, and provides safe learning spaces while integrating psychosocial support and vocational pathways. The intended impact is to help vulnerable learners successfully transition back into education, build resilience, and empower communities through strengthened school management and caregiver engagement.
Key Activities & Achievements
- Standardized teacher training, using packages like “Enabling Teachers” to strengthen pedagogy, ethics, child protection, and teacher wellbeing. Over 450 teachers & facilitators trained (cumulative) – boosting classroom quality and retention.
- Provision of inclusive teaching and learning materials, including Self-Learning Programme (SLP) curricula, student supplies, and assistive devices, ensuring equitable access for children with disabilities and those out of school. More than 12,000 learning kits distributed.
- Establishment of safe, protective, and gender-responsive learning spaces with integrated psychosocial support (PSS/MHPSS) and community engagement mechanisms. 25+ safe learning hubs now operational, supporting resilience and school transition pathways.
Beneficiaries & Impact (The Numbers)
15,473 Children & adolescents reached
vs. target 13,072 ↑ 118%
57% Girls & young women
(8,806 out of 15,473)
69 Children with disabilities, assistive devices & inclusive support
8,806 Female
6,667 Male
Target groups reached: Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs), refugees, other crisis-affected children & adolescents (ages 3–18), including children with disabilities. The MYRP prioritized out‑of‑school learners and those in hard‑to‑reach areas of Deir ez Zor / Kisra sub‑district.
Result highlight — The programme surpassed its target by 18%, reaching +2,401 additional vulnerable children with non‑formal education, psychosocial support, and inclusive learning pathways.