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Rome, 6 November 2009 –The Education for All Fast Track Initiative (EFA FTI) announced at its donor meeting in Rome the allocation of a total grant of US$ 153 million to Nepal (US$ 120 million), Lesotho (US$ 20 Million) and Tajikistan (US$ 13.5 Million) from EFA FTI's Catalytic Fund. This allocation will support Education for All programs in these countries and help enroll children into school, have them complete a primary education and improve the quality of learning. The new funding will help to address the needs of approximately 1 million out-of-school children living in these countries.

 “I congratulate the donors in the FTI Catalytic Fund Committee for granting over US$150 million to countries in three regions -- Africa, South Asia, and Central Asia -- to scale up the implementation of their plans to achieve the education for all targets,” says Robin Horn, World Bank Sector Manager for Education and Chair of the Catalytic Fund Committee. “What is especially significant about these country programs is that they are fully supported by the remarkably strong collaboration between government and local development partners, which is the hallmark of the EFA FTI Partnership.”
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