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See the world through a child’s eyes … young children in Malawi learn through play and drawing
As part of ¹ú²úÊÓƵ's #5for5 campaign for early childhood development, we asked preschool children in different countries to draw something about their day or their family. Here we visit Malawi.
See the world through a child’s eyes … Mexican preschool children share their drawings
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 start our series in Mexico.
Mali schoolchildren step in to prevent kidnapped girl, 15, from having to marry
Students in rural Mahou are teaching classmates about sexual and reproductive health, warning them about child marriage and helping vulnerable victims.
“Most people have a very limited understanding of disability and our rights – but the biggest challenge was getting an education”
Global Youth Ambassador Ceion Rollox writes about living with blindness in Guyana, the lack of accessibility at schools and his passion to help every child get into education.
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Turkey plans to get all Syrian refugee children into permanent schools within three years
The Turkish government aims to accommodate 300,000 Syrian children currently in temporary classrooms and another 350,000 who are not getting any education.
Struggle to help Egypt’s street children into a better life
The number of children living on the streets of the country's cities is growing - and many of them are second or third-generation homeless without any official papers.
Mali primary school wrecked in first attack on French-language education
The armed jihadists who sacked and burned classrooms also threatened to attack other schools.
Free school meals help Indonesian children to learn and grow healthily
A programme to feed 100,000 students is part of wider efforts in a country where one in three children between six and 14 do not eat enough nutritious food.
“The girls were motivated to chase their dreams and use their stories to inspire others in their communities”
Schoolgirls in Cameroon were inspired by the messages from female speakers at a World Read Aloud Day event.
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“I kept on asking myself how can children admitted to hospitals for a long period make up for what they are missing at school?”
One of our Global Youth Ambassadors from Ghana tells how she is helping to make a difference by volunteering on a children's ward.
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