Press Releases
sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ opens 12 early learning centres in Gaza as new report reveals early childhood development crisis
Major new philanthropic commitments back education amid global conflict and pressure on aid systems
‘Lost’ Blackadder Christmas script to be auctioned for sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½
Never miss an update
21 Sep 2026
Youth champions share stories of hope in The Education Issue
Latest from sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½
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
See the world through a child’s eyes … preschool children have fun in Nepal
As part of sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½'s #5for5 campaign for early childhood development, we are featuring preschool children having fun in different countries. Here we visit Nepal.Â
Bay of Bengal cyclone and floods wreck schools and leave 1.3 million children homeless
The catastrophic weather in Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and Myanmar struck as a report revealed that natural disasters displaced 24 million people in 2016 - three times as many as conflicts.
See the world through a child’s eyes … young children in Malawi learn through play and drawing
As part of sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½'s #5for5 campaign for early childhood development, we asked preschool children in different countries to draw something about their day or their family. Here we visit Malawi.
See the world through a child’s eyes … Mexican preschool children share their drawings
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 start our series in Mexico.
Mali schoolchildren step in to prevent kidnapped girl, 15, from having to marry
Students in rural Mahou are teaching classmates about sexual and reproductive health, warning them about child marriage and helping vulnerable victims.
“Most people have a very limited understanding of disability and our rights – but the biggest challenge was getting an education”
Global Youth Ambassador Ceion Rollox writes about living with blindness in Guyana, the lack of accessibility at schools and his passion to help every child get into education.
Expert Voices
Turkey plans to get all Syrian refugee children into permanent schools within three years
The Turkish government aims to accommodate 300,000 Syrian children currently in temporary classrooms and another 350,000 who are not getting any education.
Struggle to help Egypt’s street children into a better life
The number of children living on the streets of the country's cities is growing - and many of them are second or third-generation homeless without any official papers.
Mali primary school wrecked in first attack on French-language education
The armed jihadists who sacked and burned classrooms also threatened to attack other schools.
Free school meals help Indonesian children to learn and grow healthily
A programme to feed 100,000 students is part of wider efforts in a country where one in three children between six and 14 do not eat enough nutritious food.