Arena School of English

At Arena School of English we are very interested in making a positive contribution to education in developing countries. One of our partners, Hugh Delaney, has over eight years experience working with the UN and other NGOs in the field of education in developing countries including:

Eastern Chad: Supporting the education of thousands of refugees living in camps in eastern Chad, who had been displaced from their homes by the violence in neighbouring Darfur.

Northern Pakistan: Hugh was working for UNICEF to provide emergency education and schooling following the devestating earthquake of 2005 which damaged or destroyed over 7,000 schools. His role involved project managing the construction of temporary school facilties

Northern Uganda: Improving access to and quality of primary education for those communities which had been affected by the long-running conflict, with a special emphasis on girls' education.

Indonesia: Short term deployment with UNICEF to West Sumatra to lead the education response to the 2009 earthquake, to ensure that all children could return to school as rapidly as possible and continue their education.

Nepal: Hugh was an Education Specialist with UNICEF in Kathmandu, Nepal for one year from 2009-2010.

Haiti: Hugh was deployed to Haiti by UNICEF for one month after the devastating 2010 earthquake, to ensure that children could return to school and their education as rapidly as possible and continue their education.

Rwanda: In mid 2010 Hugh returned to Africa with UNICEF and is currently based in Kigali, Rwanda.

To find out more about UNICEF go to http://www.unicef.org/