Where We Work

Central & South America

    • Play to Learn: Play to Learn is an innovative large-scale initiative from Global TIES for Children, the LEGO Foundation, Sesame Workshop, BRAC, and the International Rescue Committee that harnesses the power of play to deliver critical early learning opportunities to children and caregivers affected by conflict and crisis. Through Play to Learn, we work with our partners to evaluate early childhood development (ECD) programs in the Cox’s Bazar camps in Bangladesh with the Rohingya and in parts of Colombia with Venezuelan refugees. In addition, we are conducting a longitudinal prenatal birth cohort study with the Rohingya living in the Camps and neighboring host community members to understand the many factors that influence child outcomes.

    • Playful Learning Across the Years: Phase I of the PLAY project, conducted in partnership with RTI and with the support of the LEGO Foundation, was to develop and test instruments to measure adult support for child learning through play in centers and schools, as well as homes. Phase II, which began in early 2023, is a three-year project to collaborate with a set of implementing partners across a variety of contexts to adapt, test, and validate the tools for wider application and use.

Middle East & North Africa

    • Ahlan Simsim: Ahlan Simsim, which means “Welcome Sesame” in Arabic, is the groundbreaking program from Sesame Workshop and the International Rescue Committee (IRC) with Global TIES for Children serving as an independent evaluator. Through this work, we aim to measure the impact of various aspects of not only the mass media intervention of Ahlan Simsim but also research projects focused on the delivery of at-home services featuring innovative research methods developed due to the onset of COVID-19 and the necessary program and research project adaptations.

    • Education Research in Conflict and Protracted Crisis: The ERICC Research Programme Consortium is a global research and learning partnership that strives to transform education policy and practice in conflict and protracted crisis around the world, through building a global hub for rigorous, context-relevant and actionable evidence base. ERICC seeks to identify the most effective approaches for improving access, quality, and continuity of education to support sustainable and coherent education systems and holistic learning and development of children in conflict and crisis. ERICC aims to bridge research, practice, and policy with accessible and actionable knowledge — at local, national, regional and global levels — through co-construction of research and collaborative partnerships.

    • UNHCR Human Education Accelerator: Between 2020-2023, Global TIES for Children provided mentorship around all things measurement, monitoring, evaluation, and learning to teams in the UNHCR Humanitarian Education Accelerator (HEA) as they moved their education innovations to scale.

    • Ahlan Simsim: Ahlan Simsim, which means “Welcome Sesame” in Arabic, is the groundbreaking program from Sesame Workshop and the International Rescue Committee (IRC) with Global TIES for Children serving as an independent evaluator. Through this work, we aim to measure the impact of various aspects of not only the mass media intervention of Ahlan Simsim but also research projects focused on the delivery of at-home services featuring innovative research methods developed due to the onset of COVID-19 and the necessary program and research project adaptations.

    • Quality Instruction Towards Access and Basic Education Improvement 2 (QITABI 2) Program: Global TIES for Children is serving as a resource partner for the QITABI 2 consortium - led by World Learning -in Lebanon. We are working in deep partnership using mixed-methods approaches to understand the impact of continuous education service delivery at national scale in Lebanon.

    • Teacher Professional Development: We partner with governments, civil society, and teachers to co-design evidence-informed teacher learning approaches that prioritize the key high-leverage practices teachers must know in order to support all learners to acquire academic and social emotional competencies.

    • Education Research in Conflict and Protracted Crisis (ERICC): The ERICC Research Programme Consortium is a global research and learning partnership that strives to transform education policy and practice in conflict and protracted crisis around the world, through building a global hub for rigorous, context-relevant and actionable evidence base. ERICC seeks to identify the most effective approaches for improving access, quality, and continuity of education to support sustainable and coherent education systems and holistic learning and development of children in conflict and crisis. ERICC aims to bridge research, practice, and policy with accessible and actionable knowledge — at local, national, regional and global levels — through co-construction of research and collaborative partnerships.

    • Education in Emergencies: Evidence for Action (3EA) : Between 2016-2023, the International Rescue Committee (IRC) and Global TIES for Children partnered to support children’s holistic learning in the Education in Emergencies: Evidence for Action (3EA) initiative.

    • Education Research in Conflict and Protracted Crisis (ERICC): The ERICC Research Programme Consortium is a global research and learning partnership that strives to transform education policy and practice in conflict and protracted crisis around the world, through building a global hub for rigorous, context-relevant and actionable evidence base. ERICC seeks to identify the most effective approaches for improving access, quality, and continuity of education to support sustainable and coherent education systems and holistic learning and development of children in conflict and crisis. ERICC aims to bridge research, practice, and policy with accessible and actionable knowledge — at local, national, regional and global levels — through co-construction of research and collaborative partnerships.

Sub-Saharan Africa

    • UNHCR Human Education Accelerator: Between 2020-2023, Global TIES for Children provided mentorship around all things measurement, monitoring, evaluation, and learning to teams in the UNHCR Humanitarian Education Accelerator (HEA) as they moved their education innovations to scale.

    • Education in Emergencies: Evidence for Action (3EA) : Between 2016-2023, the International Rescue Committee (IRC) and Global TIES for Children partnered to support children’s holistic learning in the Education in Emergencies: Evidence for Action (3EA) initiative.

    • Education in Emergencies: Evidence for Action (3EA) : Between 2016-2023, the International Rescue Committee (IRC) and Global TIES for Children partnered to support children’s holistic learning in the Education in Emergencies: Evidence for Action (3EA) initiative.

    • 3EA E-Cubed: This project examines children’s holistic learning and development as well as program implementation in three crisis-affected contexts.

  • Education Research in Conflict and Protracted Crisis (ERICC): The ERICC Research Programme Consortium is a global research and learning partnership that strives to transform education policy and practice in conflict and protracted crisis around the world, through building a global hub for rigorous, context-relevant and actionable evidence base. ERICC seeks to identify the most effective approaches for improving access, quality, and continuity of education to support sustainable and coherent education systems and holistic learning and development of children in conflict and crisis. ERICC aims to bridge research, practice, and policy with accessible and actionable knowledge — at local, national, regional and global levels — through co-construction of research and collaborative partnerships.

    • Education in Emergencies: Evidence for Action (3EA) : Between 2016-2023, the International Rescue Committee (IRC) and Global TIES for Children partnered to support children’s holistic learning in the Education in Emergencies: Evidence for Action (3EA) initiative.

    • 3EA E-Cubed: This project examines children’s holistic learning and development as well as program implementation in three crisis-affected contexts.

    • Education Research in Conflict and Protracted Crisis (ERICC): The ERICC Research Programme Consortium is a global research and learning partnership that strives to transform education policy and practice in conflict and protracted crisis around the world, through building a global hub for rigorous, context-relevant and actionable evidence base. ERICC seeks to identify the most effective approaches for improving access, quality, and continuity of education to support sustainable and coherent education systems and holistic learning and development of children in conflict and crisis. ERICC aims to bridge research, practice, and policy with accessible and actionable knowledge — at local, national, regional and global levels — through co-construction of research and collaborative partnerships.

    • Playful Learning Across the Years: Phase I of the PLAY project, conducted in partnership with RTI and with the support of the LEGO Foundation, was to develop and test instruments to measure adult support for child learning through play in centers and schools, as well as homes. Phase II, which began in early 2023, is a three-year project to collaborate with a set of implementing partners across a variety of contexts to adapt, test, and validate the tools for wider application and use.

    • UNHCR Human Education Accelerator: Between 2020-2023, Global TIES for Children provided mentorship around all things measurement, monitoring, evaluation, and learning to teams in the UNHCR Humanitarian Education Accelerator (HEA) as they moved their education innovations to scale.

South and Southeast Asia

    • Education Research in Conflict and Protracted Crisis (ERICC): The ERICC Research Programme Consortium is a global research and learning partnership that strives to transform education policy and practice in conflict and protracted crisis around the world, through building a global hub for rigorous, context-relevant and actionable evidence base. ERICC seeks to identify the most effective approaches for improving access, quality, and continuity of education to support sustainable and coherent education systems and holistic learning and development of children in conflict and crisis. ERICC aims to bridge research, practice, and policy with accessible and actionable knowledge — at local, national, regional and global levels — through co-construction of research and collaborative partnerships.

    • Play to Learn: Play to Learn is an innovative large-scale initiative from Global TIES for Children, the LEGO Foundation, Sesame Workshop, BRAC, and the International Rescue Committee that harnesses the power of play to deliver critical early learning opportunities to children and caregivers affected by conflict and crisis. Through Play to Learn, we work with our partners to evaluate early childhood development (ECD) programs in the Cox’s Bazar camps in Bangladesh with the Rohingya and in parts of Colombia with Venezuelan refugees. In addition, we are conducting a longitudinal prenatal birth cohort study with the Rohingya living in the Camps and neighboring host community members to understand the many factors that influence child outcomes.

    • Playful Learning Across the Years: Phase I of the PLAY project, conducted in partnership with RTI and with the support of the LEGO Foundation, was to develop and test instruments to measure adult support for child learning through play in centers and schools, as well as homes. Phase II, which began in early 2023, is a three-year project to collaborate with a set of implementing partners across a variety of contexts to adapt, test, and validate the tools for wider application and use.

    • Education Research in Conflict and Protracted Crisis (ERICC): The ERICC Research Programme Consortium is a global research and learning partnership that strives to transform education policy and practice in conflict and protracted crisis around the world, through building a global hub for rigorous, context-relevant and actionable evidence base. ERICC seeks to identify the most effective approaches for improving access, quality, and continuity of education to support sustainable and coherent education systems and holistic learning and development of children in conflict and crisis. ERICC aims to bridge research, practice, and policy with accessible and actionable knowledge — at local, national, regional and global levels — through co-construction of research and collaborative partnerships.