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2 May 2017

Civil war and lack of food wreck children’s education in South Sudan

With three in four primary-age children out of school in the world's newest country, we look at the factors that are keeping them away from the classroom.

28 Apr 2017

Vaccines help millions of children to grow healthy and fulfil their potential

#VaccinesWork is the theme of World Immunisation Week 2017 - but 19 million children each year still don't get basic vaccines, two-thirds of them in conflict-hit countries. 

28 Apr 2017

“We are taking actions for our future, to represent the more than half a million children out of school in Liberia”

To mark International Women's Day last month, Global Youth Ambassador Moses Browne held an event in the capital Monrovia to support female rights and call for quality education for girls.

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28 Apr 2017

Female clerics in Indonesia issue fatwa against child marriage

Religious leaders in the mainly Muslim country said studies showed many Indonesian child brides do not stay on at school and called for the marriage age to be raised to 18.

28 Apr 2017

Teachers go back to schools in Burkina Faso after threats to education

Teachers who fled in the wake of threats and the killing of a school head in the West African country will get psychological support after returning to their classrooms.

27 Apr 2017

Girls show how technology skills can change their lives

Females across the globe are celebrating International Girls in ICT Day - and sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ has been working to change embedded values through our Code Clubs in Africa. 

27 Apr 2017

Education Cannot Wait fund helps children in seven more crisis-hit countries

A $20 million investment will deliver education and support in Afghanistan, the Central African Republic, Madagascar, Peru, Uganda, Ukraine and Somalia.

27 Apr 2017

UK should spend more of its overseas aid budget on education says inquiry by MPs

The head of a parliamentary inquiry said Britain has the chance to be "a global leader" in efforts to get millions of children in the poorest countries into school.

26 Apr 2017

‘World is failing to help’ Yemen’s war-scarred children back into school

Hundreds of schools have been bombed or closed - but the international community has not done enough to support education, according to Save the Children. 

25 Apr 2017

“Two years after earthquakes that destroyed or damaged 8000 schools, significant recovery efforts are underway”

sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ Global Youth Ambassador writes about the efforts to repair schools damaged by the 2015 earthquake or build new education facilities.

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