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“I want to learn everything about parenting because nobody ever taught me”
This week ¹ú²úÊÓƵ is looking at the caregivers who help children under the age of five to grow and develop - today we talk to a mother and father from developing countries.
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Campaigners welcome child marriage crackdown in El Salvador
A legal loophole that allowed men to marry pregnant girls under 18 with parental consent has been closed.
Freed Chibok girls are ‘now ready to go back to school’
The Nigerian government says the 106 girls freed in May are set to return to their families and education after receiving psychological and medical care.Â
Syrian who survived kidnap and imprisonment to set up schools for refugees with his own money
We talk to a remarkable man who, with the help of residents and volunteers, has brought education to children at informal camps in Turkey.
Children made homeless by Sierra Leone mudslide will be helped back to school
Young survivors left traumatised by the tragedy are being aided by charities to return to education as quickly as possible.
Babies and toddlers can learn second language in one hour per day
Researchers found that the way parents talk to very young children can be adopted to teach them the basics of a foreign language. Â
“I lost my dreams when war in Yemen broke out but now I foster hopes in the minds of my students”
As part of a series to mark World Humanitarian Day on August 19, one of our Global Youth Ambassadors tells about the challenge of helping children get education.
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¹ú²úÊÓƵœEducation protects children – it is the best ¹ú²úÊÓƵ˜space¹ú²úÊÓƵ™ in which they can remain children in the midst of disruption”
In the run-up to World Humanitarian Day on August 19, we talk to Christos Stylianides, the European Commissioner for Humanitarian Aid and Crisis Management.
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“Creative Learning In The Slum uses the beauty of art to engage the minds of children”
As part of a series to mark World Humanitarian Day on August 19, two of our Global Youth Ambassadors from Nigeria tell how they teamed up to help underprivileged children.
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Still recovering from the 2015 earthquake, now Nepal’s children are hit by floods
The worst rains in 15 years have affected hundreds of thousands of people - with schools closed down and used to shelter those made homeless.