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EU to provide €7 million for disaster preparedness in Southern Africa and Indian Ocean region
The EU is supplying €7 million to strengthen the capacity of vulnerable communities...
75,000 children to receive education, hot meals and support in South Sudan
Tens of thousands of children in South Sudan’s least food secure regions will...
Over 145,000 Rohingya refugee children return to school in Bangladesh
More than 145,000 refugee children are now attending UNICEF-supported learning centres....
Schoolgirls in Kenya will face compulsory tests for pregnancy and FGM
Narok County Commissioner George Natembeya has now made it compulsory for schoolgirls...
Poor, urban children more disadvantaged than their rural peers, says UNICEF
According to a new report from UNICEF titled “Advantage or Paradox: The Challenge...
Lower remittance fees to improve the quality of education in developing countries, says UN
According to the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation...
Bogota day care centre helps at-risk Venezuelan children cope with the adaptation process
According to a report from the UN High Commissioner for Refugees, Venezuelan children...
UNESCO: More needs to be done to include migrants and refugees in education systems
According to UNESCO’s 2019 Global Education Monitoring report, the number of...
Schools in Gaza close as fighting threatens safety of children and teachers
According to a report from TheirWorld, an outbreak of violence has prompted action...
IOM provides mental health services and safe spaces in Yemen for displaced children and families
Since March 2015, the conflict in Yemen has affected the lives of millions of families....
22.5 million children in Pakistan are missing out on an education, with girls worst affected
According to the 2015 Oslo Summit on Education and Development, Pakistan was considered...
World Bank report highlights key challenges for improving Human Capital in Sub-Saharan Africa
The World Bank recently released a report titled ‘The Human Capital Project...
Thousands of children at risk from unsafe drinking water in schools in Basra
In a report published on Tuesday, the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) warned that...
Education programme for young refugees in Chad making positive impact
According to a report from TheirWorld, refugees in Chad are being trained as teachers...
Save the Children trains mobile teachers to improve childhood education in Myanmar
Due to civil war and political tension, 75,000 children of the Karen people in Myanmar...
Donations to UNRWA help keep Palestinian students in school
International donors pledged $118 million to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency...
Support growing for the single biggest investment in education in history
Earlier in the week, government ministers, donors and development banks backed the...
Uganda launches Education Response Plan to address “children’s crisis”
This weekend, the government of Uganda, Partners in Development, UN agencies and NGOs...
Mozambique wildlife park regeneration, benefitting more than just the environment
In 2008, the Carr Foundation, a US non-profit organisation, signed a 20 year contract...
Over half of all refugee children are missing out on an education
The United Nations has warned that over half of the world’s school aged refugees...
Less than 15% of children seeking asylum on the Greek Islands received an education in 2017
A report by Human Rights Watch reveals that asylum-seeking children in Greece are...
Failure of girls’ education could cost the world $30 trillion per year, says World Bank
Nearly 132 million girls aged 6 to 17 are not educated. The failure to allow girls...
New report finds significant improvements to living conditions in Myanmar
A joint report conducted by the Central Statistical Organization, the UNDP, and the...
We need to ‘step up to the plate’ and increase support for Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh
UN Secretary- General António Guterres and World Bank Group President Jim Yong...
Historic investment into female education announced
At the G7 Summit last week Canada, the European Union, Germany, Japan, the United...
Gates Foundation launches a $68 million education initiative
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has launched a new global education initiative...
EU commits 10% of aid spend to education in emergencies
The European Union has set new targets to spend 10% of its humanitarian aid to education...
Invest in education and roads to increase food security, says FAO
The World Food Programme’s latest findings reveal that completing an extra year...
Only 1% of aid funding is spent on pre-primary education despite its recognised importance
A new report by charity TheirWorld has revealed that pre-primary education receives...
It’s World Book Day, but millions of children worldwide still cannot read
Today, 1st March 2018, marks World Book Day in the United Kingdom; however 250 million...
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