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“I worked as a volunteer in a child-friendly space for children affected by conflict in Yemen”
Volunteers' Week has been held in the United Kingdom this week. So we asked some of our Global Youth Ambassadors to share the volunteer work they're doing - here's an update from Yemen.
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“We help underprivileged children get an education by empowering their parents through commercial farming”
Volunteers' Week is held in the United Kingdom from June 1 to 7. So we asked some of our Global Youth Ambassadors to share the volunteer work they're doing - here's a fascinating idea from Uganda.
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“Coding is the ultimate 21st-century skill set that every young girl should learn”
Girls in marginalised communities in Tanzania are attending Code Clubs - safe spaces where they can learn the skills needed in the technology workforce and in their everyday lives.
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Education aid is falling and failing to reach the right countries warns UNESCO
Donors are shifting their attention away from the poorest countries, says a new report that reveals aid for education decreased for six years in a row.
“As a way of giving back to my community I started a project to help school kids read and write in English”
One of our Global Youth Ambassadors from Ghana tells how he has supported more than 500 children through an educational project
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More African girls finish secondary school but poorer ones are still left behind
Marginalised girls who are married young or forced to work need more support if they are to get an education, says the African Economic Outlook report.
A champion for vulnerable girls and women: tributes paid to UN agency chief Babatunde Osotimehin
The Executive Director of UNFPA, who has died aged 68, was dedicated to making life better for some of the most disadvantaged children and women.Â
“We started a small mobile school under a bridge to help child labourers and underprivileged children into education”
Volunteers' Week is held in the United Kingdom from June 1 to 7. So we asked some of our Global Youth Ambassadors to share the volunteer work they're doing - here's news of a project in India.
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“Our youth-run NGO’s dream is to deliver the right to quality education to Botswana’s rising generation”
Volunteers' Week is held in the United Kingdom from June 1 to 7. To mark the event, we asked some of our Global Youth Ambassadors to share the volunteer work they are doing in their own country.
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See the world through a child’s eyes … with Palestinian preschool children
As part of sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½'s #5for5 campaign for early childhood development, we asked preschool children to draw something about their day or their family. We conclude our series in Palestine.