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Major new philanthropic commitments back education amid global conflict and pressure on aid systems
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Global Youth Ambassadors champion the early years at G20 summit
Two million children now out of school in war-torn Yemen
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Greece to start sending refugee children to school
#5for5 campaign to give every child the best start in life
Children's charity ¹ú²úÊÓƵ is putting pressure on world leaders to take urgent action to make sure all children have access to the full range of nurturing care.
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Investing in early childhood development gives children best start in life says Lancet report
Hundreds of millions of children will never fulfil their potential unless the world wakes up to the need to support early childhood development. Properly-funded policies and programmes during the first 1000 days of a child's life could help 250 million at-risk girls and boys, according to new research published today by the renowned medical journal The Lancet.
Snapshot: Gaps and Inequities in Early Childhood Development across Africa
Even Aleppo’s underground schools are closed as 100,000 children miss education
Armed groups stop children going to school in Central African Republic