Gema Espinoza

Nicaragua: Supporting the most vulnerable children during the COVID-19 pandemic To mitigate the negative impacts of COVID-19 on education in Nicaragua, GPE supported the country to reduce learning loss and develop the socioemotional skills of the most vulnerable children.

Many of the assumptions made in these estimates are difficult to specify with precision: it depends on how targets are defined, on the price level at the time the estimate is made, and on the reference period considered. In the case of internet connectivity, for example, the UN estimated that the cost of connecting the remaining 3 billion people to the internet by 2030 would be USD 428 billion, while a consulting firm estimated a figure five times as high – or USD 2.1 trillion.

In addition to building or reconstructing schools according to national standards, the project will ensure school furniture is adapted to the specific needs of existing educational modalities. It will also strengthen the emotional resilience capacities of the educational community, with emphasis on girls, boys, and adolescents, in the face of impacts caused by climate change.