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From ambition to action: conference builds momentum for early years summit
Global Youth Ambassadors speak up for children at UN week events
Business champions to help shape historic early years summit
From rescue to recovery: education’s priorities for 2021
The new year offers the chance to build on the lessons of a traumatic 2020 with higher aspirations for our children and our world.
Expert Voices
2020 review: how sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ helped to unlock big change for education
In a year when the pandemic led to 1.5 billion young people being shut out of school, we stepped up our efforts to end the global education crisis. Here we look at some of sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½'s projects, campaigns, research and advocacy during an unforgettable 2020. We have also created a special sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ 2020 video as a way of saying thank you to everyone who has supported our work. Watch it here...
Meet Emmanuel Sani, our Global Youth Ambassador of the Year
The campaigner from Nigeria has made a big impact in a short time and has been chosen from among almost 1,000 young activists in 78 countries.
Five things you need to know this week about global education
Our news roundup features the reported rescue of more than 300 kidnapped schoolboys in Nigeria and $1.5 billion in funding to improve education in low-income countries.Â
Support kits help vulnerable children deal with stress of pandemic
A sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½-funded project in Turkey means refugee and local primary students are coping better with isolation and uncertainty as their schools remain closed.Â
Sani Emmanuel – Global Youth Ambassador December 2020
sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½'s work would not be possible without our network of nearly 1000 Global Youth Ambassadors from around the world. Each month, we highlight the work of one or two of them and the amazing work they do to get every child into school.
Five things you need to know this week about global education
The Covid-19 pandemic dominates our news roundup - including a big increase in children affected by school closures and Pakistan's first "radio school".
20 key stats from 2020 in the campaign to end the global education crisis
Some of sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½'s innovative Covid-19 projects feature in our look at the figures behind the successes and challenges in this difficult year.
Five things you need to know this week about global education
The winner of the Global Teacher Prize got a $1 million prize - and promptly gave half of it away. Find out what he did with it in our news roundup.
Helping young refugees find a new life in Greece
A youth empowerment and early childhood development project run by Refugee Trauma Initiative and funded by sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ gives hope and opportunity to migrants. Â