7 Jun 2017

“Coding is the ultimate 21st-century skill set that every young girl should learn”

Girls in marginalised communities in Tanzania are attending Code Clubs - safe spaces where they can learn the skills needed in the technology workforce and in their everyday lives.

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6 Jun 2017

Education aid is falling and failing to reach the right countries warns UNESCO

Donors are shifting their attention away from the poorest countries, says a new report that reveals aid for education decreased for six years in a row.

6 Jun 2017

“As a way of giving back to my community I started a project to help school kids read and write in English”

One of our Global Youth Ambassadors from Ghana tells how he has supported more than 500 children through an educational project

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6 Jun 2017

More African girls finish secondary school but poorer ones are still left behind

Marginalised girls who are married young or forced to work need more support if they are to get an education, says the African Economic Outlook report.

6 Jun 2017

A champion for vulnerable girls and women: tributes paid to UN agency chief Babatunde Osotimehin

The Executive Director of UNFPA, who has died aged 68, was dedicated to making life better for some of the most disadvantaged children and women. 

5 Jun 2017

“We started a small mobile school under a bridge to help child labourers and underprivileged children into education”

Volunteers' Week is held in the United Kingdom from June 1 to 7. So we asked some of our Global Youth Ambassadors to share the volunteer work they're doing - here's news of a project in India.

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5 Jun 2017

“Our youth-run NGO’s dream is to deliver the right to quality education to Botswana¹ú²úÊÓƵ™s rising generation”

Volunteers' Week is held in the United Kingdom from June 1 to 7. To mark the event, we asked some of our Global Youth Ambassadors to share the volunteer work they are doing in their own country.

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5 Jun 2017

See the world through a child’s eyes … with Palestinian preschool children

As part of ¹ú²úÊÓƵ's #5for5 campaign for early childhood development, we asked preschool children to draw something about their day or their family. We conclude our series in Palestine.

5 Jun 2017

See the world through a child’s eyes … preschool children have fun in Nepal

As part of ¹ú²úÊÓƵ's #5for5 campaign for early childhood development, we are featuring preschool children having fun in different countries. Here we visit Nepal. 

2 Jun 2017

Bay of Bengal cyclone and floods wreck schools and leave 1.3 million children homeless

The catastrophic weather in Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and Myanmar struck as a report revealed that natural disasters displaced 24 million people in 2016 - three times as many as conflicts.