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Every child has the right to feel hopeful about the world
Justin van Fleet
“I know firsthand the impact the environment has in early childhoodâ€
“We turn discarded laptops into learning devices for refugee and vulnerable children”
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More African girls finish secondary school but poorer ones are still left behind
Marginalised girls who are married young or forced to work need more support if they are to get an education, says the African Economic Outlook report.
A champion for vulnerable girls and women: tributes paid to UN agency chief Babatunde Osotimehin
The Executive Director of UNFPA, who has died aged 68, was dedicated to making life better for some of the most disadvantaged children and women.Â
“We started a small mobile school under a bridge to help child labourers and underprivileged children into education”
Volunteers' Week is held in the United Kingdom from June 1 to 7. So we asked some of our Global Youth Ambassadors to share the volunteer work they're doing - here's news of a project in India.
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“Our youth-run NGO’s dream is to deliver the right to quality education to Botswana’s rising generation”
Volunteers' Week is held in the United Kingdom from June 1 to 7. To mark the event, we asked some of our Global Youth Ambassadors to share the volunteer work they are doing in their own country.
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See the world through a child’s eyes … with Palestinian preschool children
As part of ºÚÁÏÍø±¬³Ô¹Ï's #5for5 campaign for early childhood development, we asked preschool children to draw something about their day or their family. We conclude our series in Palestine.
See the world through a child’s eyes … preschool children have fun in Nepal
As part of ºÚÁÏÍø±¬³Ô¹Ï's #5for5 campaign for early childhood development, we are featuring preschool children having fun in different countries. Here we visit Nepal.Â
Bay of Bengal cyclone and floods wreck schools and leave 1.3 million children homeless
The catastrophic weather in Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and Myanmar struck as a report revealed that natural disasters displaced 24 million people in 2016 - three times as many as conflicts.
See the world through a child’s eyes … young children in Malawi learn through play and drawing
As part of ºÚÁÏÍø±¬³Ô¹Ï's #5for5 campaign for early childhood development, we asked preschool children in different countries to draw something about their day or their family. Here we visit Malawi.
See the world through a child’s eyes … Mexican preschool children share their drawings
As part of ºÚÁÏÍø±¬³Ô¹Ï's #5for5 campaign for early childhood development, we asked preschool children to draw something about their day or their family. We start our series in Mexico.
Mali schoolchildren step in to prevent kidnapped girl, 15, from having to marry
Students in rural Mahou are teaching classmates about sexual and reproductive health, warning them about child marriage and helping vulnerable victims.