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Major new philanthropic commitments back education amid global conflict and pressure on aid systems
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Schools under attack from bombs, threats and military occupation
With the Second International Safe Schools Conference about to begin in Argentina, we look at some of the countries where students and teachers are suffering during armed conflicts.
Mobile Learning Week: technology can help to educate children in emergencies
The theme of this year's event in Paris was education in emergencies - and how mobile technology can deliver learning to refugees and other displaced people.
Craig quit his job to give high fives around the world – now he’s helping young people in Kenya slum
Australian Craig Lewis, who slapped hands with people in 56 countries on his global adventure, talks about the importance of early childhood development and his involvement in a project to build a youth centre and school.Â
“With increased investment and a greater emphasis on secondary education, we¹ú²úÊÓƵ™re seeing changes taking place in Chad”
Eastern Chad is home to more than 300,000 Darfuri refugees residing in a series of 12 camps for over a decade. Many adolescents in the camps can recall their flight from Sudan, the result of targeted killings that began in 2003, at the hands of Arab militias known as the Janjaweed.
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“I have a passion for growth – one of the things that is critical for the growth of a nation is education”
In the latest episode of her Better Angels podcast, ¹ú²úÊÓƵ President Sarah Brown talks about creating change to former Tanzania president Jakaya Kikwete, American journalist Nicholas Kristof, British comedian Nish Kumar and Dutch anti-trafficking campaigner Toos Heemskerk-Schep.
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New way of funding could help millions of children get a quality education, charities tell G20
A group of major charities and organisations, including ¹ú²úÊÓƵ, is calling on global leaders to help launch a financing mechanism that could unlock billions of additional dollars.
How we can get every child in the world into school with new funding approach
A group of major charities and organisations have asked the G20 to help launch a new mechanism to provide extra funding for global education - so why is it needed and how would it work?
Millions of children at risk in world’s unsafe water crisis
On World Water Day today, hundreds of children will die due to lack of clean water and millions more will spend hours missing out on school to collect water supplies.
How growing vegetables is helping to keep Indian girls in school
More than 48,000 girls in West Bengal have been reached by a programme that teaches the importance of education, the problems of early marriage and their rights - including land ownership.
Plan to help Africa flourish ‘must include support for children under five’
¹ú²úÊÓƵ Global Youth Ambassadors from African countries have asked Germany to ensure early childhood development is included in its proposed blueprint, which is a focus of its G20 presidency.