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“Children who come to day care are confident, happy, alert and can express themselves”
This week ¹ú²úÊÓƵ is looking at the early childhood development workforce who help children under the age of five to grow and flourish - today we talk to two day care owners.
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They fled from Islamic State – now these Yazidi children are learning again
In a camp in Kurdish-controlled Iraq, we meet families whose children are being supported by a local university and a school to return to some kind of normality.
“I have been doing this job for 20 years because I love it and I love children”
This week ¹ú²úÊÓƵ is looking at the early childhood development workforce who help children under the age of five to grow and flourish - today we talk to health workers.
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Lack of space and costs means 400,000 Haitian children miss out on school
As students return to school, Haiti's former education minister says the stretched and underfunded system is like that "of a country at war".
Natural disasters leave millions homeless and children out of school
The South Asia floods have put 1.8 million children out of school - but natural disasters are happening all the time and disrupting education around the world.
“With children coming from a war zone, we work hard to integrate them into classes and build their friendships”
This week ¹ú²úÊÓƵ is looking at the early childhood development workforce who help children under the age of five to grow and develop - today we talk to the Syrian owner of a kindergarten in Turkey.
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“I went home from school one day and found our house burnt to ashes and my family missing”
A teenage boy from Somalia tells how he went from being a happy youngster to a street kid and child soldier - and how he longs to finish his education.
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“I work hard to make the classroom fun and teach many of the lessons in a playful way”
This week ¹ú²úÊÓƵ is looking at the early childhood development workforce who help children under the age of five to grow and flourish - today we talk to two teachers.
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“The madrassa ECD programme is owned by the community and the success is for the community”
Early childhood development advocate Faith Ocharo looks at the success of a programme that has benefitted 80,000 young Muslim children.
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Why Cuba is leading the way on early childhood development
A combination of government programmes and family involvement are key to the country's great strides in nurturing their young children.