This case study examines an Emergency Education Program implemented by the
International Rescue Committee (IRC) for Eritrean refugees in Ethiopia. Exposure to
armed conflict contributes to a child’s internalization of a culture of violence. Education,
with the necessary psychosocial care, can help break the cycle of conflict. Started as a
pilot project between June and December 2001, IRC’s education program provided
education services and psychosocial support to refugee children and youth who were
badly affected by the Ethiopian/Eritrean conflict in order to engage them in constructive
activities and build the skills and capacities needed for rebuilding their community in the
long-term.1. In addition, IRC aimed to address the lack of education that the Kunama
youth had received during the conflict. The program attained its overall goal of helping
children cope with the trauma and loss associated with conflict and displacement and
created some stability and sense of normality. While not specifically the focus of IRC’s
program, emergency education also provided a means to engage youth who would
otherwise be vulnerable and susceptible to recruitment by combatants
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