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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 childhood”
“We turn discarded laptops into learning devices for refugee and vulnerable children”
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“We need more than advocacy, we have to shift from mere campaigning to supporting children to stay in school”
Marshall Dyton founded the Girl Child Education Movement in Malawi - here he tells of the amazing results it has had in one district.
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One million Iraqi children ‘have lost out on education under Islamic State’
Save The Children says many children have been denied an education for the past two years - forced out of school or made to take an extremist curriculum designed to turn them into fighters.
“We equip girls with kits that will empower them to live a clean and healthy life”
As well as being a Global Youth Ambassador, I am the Founder of The Clean Girls’ Project, an organisation which is totally committed to advancing the health and rights of adolescent girls.
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“Global Youth Ambassador Anoka is one of the most inspiring people I’ve ever met”
In the third episode of her Better Angels podcast series, Sarah Brown's guests include Anoka Abeyrathne - one of Թ's network of 500 Global Youth Ambassadors in more than 80 countries.
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African storytelling award to honour legacy of campaigner and journalist Michael Elliott
As the CEO of the campaigning organisation ONE, Michael lobbied to improve the lives of all Africans - and as a journalist he championed great journalism as a tool for empowerment.
“These children were running to save their lives, not to save a piece of paper to register for an exam”
Kayole, an area in the east of Nairobi, Kenya, is home to thousands of Congolese refugees. They spoke about their harrowing experiences as they fled from conflict and their lives since.
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“I was forced into marriage at the age of 15, now I advocate for girls’ education”
Sylvia Kakyo tells how she experienced the "silent evil" of child marriage before launching a project in her community called Keep Me In School.
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‘At least six children killed’ as Syrian kindergarten is bombed
Seventeen people, most of them children, were also injured in the government shelling in the rebel-held town of Harasta, said a monitoring group.