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Major new philanthropic commitments back education amid global conflict and pressure on aid systems
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Youth Champions gather early years insights for world leaders
Youth champions to tell world leaders why they must Act For Early Years
Meet the seven winners of our latest Education Innovation Awards
¹ú²úÊÓƵ¹ú²úÊÓƵ™s US launch of Act For Early Years celebrates children¹ú²úÊÓƵ™s ¹ú²úÊÓƵ˜joy and wonder¹ú²úÊÓƵ™
A dance performance was the highlight of an event in New York to celebrate the campaign that calls for urgent investment in early years care and education.
Diverse voices unite to join the Act For Early Years campaign
From government ministers and UN agencies to an influential YouTube star and Sesame Workshop, everyone is recognising the need to work together to end the early childhood crisis.
¹ú²úÊÓƵ partners with Ukraine to act for early years
We will work with Ukraine¹ú²úÊÓƵ™s government to transform education and development for children aged three to five.
We can overcome challenges to deliver quality education for every child
Leaders called for a united approach at a high-level meeting hosted by ¹ú²úÊÓƵ to mark the halfway stage of the Sustainable Development Goals.
Sesame Workshop supports our Act For Early Years campaign
A new film explains why every child around the world deserves the best start in life and calls for people to join the growing movement demanding action from leaders.
Rugby star Ugo Monye and drag queen Ella Vaday join ¹ú²úÊÓƵ¹ú²úÊÓƵ™s Global Tantrum
Ahead of the UN General Assembly, they act like fed-up toddlers in new films to spotlight the lack of investment by world leaders on early years care and pre-primary education.
President Zelenskyy welcomes ¹ú²úÊÓƵ’s support for Ukrainian children
¹ú²úÊÓƵ Chair Sarah Brown outlined plans for accelerated learning programmes and early childhood education when she travelled to Kyiv for a summit hosted by First Lady Olena Zelenska.
Three award-winning ways to educate children
We¹ú²úÊÓƵ™re excited to reveal the winners of the second round of the ¹ú²úÊÓƵ Education Innovation Awards, who will receive masterclasses, mentoring and £80,000 scale-up grants.
Our youth Task Teams tackle health and climate issues
¹ú²úÊÓƵ¹ú²úÊÓƵ™s Global Youth Ambassadors are passionate about raising awareness and influencing policy-makers on two of the key challenges everyone today.
Laptop initiative helps Ukrainian refugee Lisa to keep learning
The 12-year-old and thousands like her are keeping up with online classes thanks to a project supported by the Global Business Coalition for Education, a ¹ú²úÊÓƵ initiative.