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Earthquake damage leaves 30,000 children out of school in Indonesia
With scores of schools affected, many children will have no safe place to learn, play and deal with the trauma of the disaster that hit Aceh province.
Why teaching them in their own language could help 500m children to stay in school and succeed
There is growing evidence that children taught first in their home languages - before acquiring additional languages - become better learners and are more likely to stay in school.
Leaders and laureates vow to tackle child exploitation and improve education
Child rights activist and Nobel Peace Prize winner Kailash Satyarthi said he organised the summit in India because the voices of the world's most marginalised children were not being heard.
3m new birth certificates to help keep Ivory Coast children in school
The move to document children will help authorities to enforce a 2015 law that requires everyone to attend school up to the age of 16 in a country where up to one million children are working in the cocoa industry.
Almost one in four of world’s children live in countries hit by conflicts or disasters
To mark 70 years of UNICEF working on behalf of children across the world, the UN agency has released statistics that show its programmes are just as vital today.
“The struggle is far from over. To tire in our quest to leave the world a better place is something we cannot opt for”
Ahead of Human Rights Day on December 10, Global Youth Ambassador Mitchell Ofuyo writes about the struggle for change in Kenya and beyond.
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“Where is my education?” Watch Syrian refugee girl’s message to world leaders
Ahead of Human Rights Day on December 10, Թ has produced a video that features 12-year-old Syrian refugee Sheymaa sending this message to world leaders: "Where is my childhood and education?"
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One year on: from war in Syria to school on a small island in Scotland
The school in the town of Rothesay has been at the heart of the community support for refugee families who fled from the war in Syria.
#5for5 campaign: Why learning through play is vital for young children
In the latest of our series on aspects of early childhood development for Թ's #5for5 campaign, we look at the importance of learning through play.
Going to school in Aleppo is now ‘a matter of life or death’
The Syria Representative for UNICEF has just returned from Aleppo and says she is haunted by the plight of children living through the bombardment of the city.