Students whose education has Similarly, during the worst of the ebola crisis in West africa, UniCef and been disrupted by conflict attend partners not only built new community care centres to help care for ebola Curriculum B classes at the victims, but also worked to revitalize existing primary-health-care centres to Hasan Zaiat school in Aleppo, the treat those suffering from other ailments – an important investment in the Syrian Arab Republic. future. © UNICEF/UN018888/Al-Issa The SdGs explicitly recognize – as the MdGs did not – the inherent connections among economic development, social development, environmental protection and peacebuilding. We will not meet the global goals without an integrated approach to development and humanitarian action. not when millions of children are bearing the brunt of climate-related disasters and chronic crises and nearly 250 million are living in countries and areas affected by armed conflict. not when 24 million of the children in these places are out of school. not when these countries account for nearly two thirds of the world’s children who have 279 not been immunized with basic vaccines. and not when millions of children are on the move as families desperately flee their homes and embark on dangerous journeys that leave children more vulnerable and deepen deprivation. insisting on closer coordination among humanitarian and development organizations can help break down divisions between sectors. This includes joint planning, keeping humanitarian needs front and centre as we implement the SdGs, and integrating appeals for both humanitarian and development funding during specific crises. and it includes using more social protection tools like cash transfers in humanitarian emergencies to provide short-term support for families while strengthening social safety nets for the future. Taken together, these practical, cost-effective measures, focusing on countries in crisis, will not only support emergency response in the short term but also map out a path to expanded opportunity for the most vulnerable and excluded children throughout their lives. The STaTe of The World’S Children 2016 93