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“The Makoko Dream School is a school on water for children in urban slum”
How do you help to educate children who have only known life on water? One of our Global Youth Ambassadors tells about a project in Nigeria to teach them where they feel most at home.
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Menstruation clubs break taboos and keep Ethiopian girls in school
The dropout rate has decreased thanks to the clubs, where boys also learn about periods and girls are given sanitary pads.
Youth skills champion from Ghana wins WISE Prize for Education
Dr Patrick Awuah was honoured for his work in empowering and transforming the lives of students through education.
EU funding helps Turkey to focus on goal of educating every Syrian refugee child
Turkey has spent more than $30 billion on helping its refugees - and the European Union has promised to continue its financial aid.
‘End this abuse’: campaigner spreads message about child marriage in the USA
Marriage under the age of 18 is still legal to some extent in all 50 American states - but Fraidy Reiss and her organisation are trying to change that.
“In my novel The Doodler of Dimashq I found expression for a profound grief that I have been holding inside my heartâ€
Kirthi Jayakumar, one of our Global Youth Ambassadors, tells how images of terrible events led her to write a book about a young woman in Syria.
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Parents angry as children go back to school in choking Delhi smog
Millions of children across Asia are living with the problem of air pollution - and under-fives are particularly at risk, says the WHO.
“We need a whole new approach … we need to do far more to prevent war and sustain peaceâ€
This episode of Sarah Brown's Better Angels podcast is on peacebuilding, with Harriet Lamb, Kirthi Jayakumar, Jakaya Kikwete and UN chief António Guterres.
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Despite the safe spaces, danger lurks in refugee camps for vulnerable Rohingya children
About 40,000 children have crossed the border into Bangladesh alone - they and many others are at risk of trafficking, child labour and early marriage.
Syrian refugees who use sport to inspire others to succeed
The amazing journey of Olympic swimmer Yusra Mardini features in a new video - and other young Syrians are excelling at sport in their new countries.
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