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“I didn’t have an opportunity to learn while I was young like other people and it affected me a lot – in fact it still haunts me”
Global Youth Ambassador Marshall explains why he is backing Թ's #5for5 campaign to put pressure on world leaders to make sure all children have access to quality early childhood development.
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Young people learn why school is as vital as food and medicine for children in emergencies
An innovative awareness campaign by the European Union and UNICEF called #EmergencyLessons used real-life stories to explain how schooling can protect children in humanitarian situations.
Plight of Bangladeshi slum children who work 64 hours a week instead of going to school
One of the largest surveys on child work and education conducted in Bangladesh found that by the age of 14 almost half of the children living in Dhaka's slums were working.
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Courage of Syrian boy, 10, who lost his family and his legs in bombing but now loves school
To mark International Day of Persons with Disabilities, we talk to children injured in Syria and now living in Turkey. Share the video below and tell world leaders to keep their promise to get one million Syrian refugees into school.
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Illustrator Nick Sharratt helps Syrian refugee children tell their stories through art
The award-winning illustrator and author ran a drawing workshop for children aged 12 to 14 at an informal settlement in the Bekaa Valley, then visited Թ pilot projects in Mount Lebanon and Beirut.
Underground schools in Aleppo suspended as siege brings terror and death
The activist organisation Kesh Malek, which runs seven schools for 1700 students in the city, hopes to have them reopened soon.
“In his disability, my brother has taught me the gift of love. Every child with a disability deserves to be shown that they can make a huge difference in this world”
To mark International Day of Persons with Disabilities on December 3, Global Youth Ambassador Ernest Jacob Tuape tells how his brother has taught him to be more patient and caring towards others.
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“I could not change what had been done but I knew I could write my destiny. I accepted the way I was and focused on blessings”
Sajiha Batool is one of our Global Youth Ambassadors in Pakistan. To mark International Day of Persons with Disabilities on December 3, she interviewed a student from her university, 22-year-old-old Awais Ahmad.
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Education in emergencies to get bigger slice of EU’s humanitarian aid
With conflicts and disasters affecting the schooling of 75 million children, the European Union is to increase the education share of its aid funding in 2017 from 4% to 6%.